Zombie Plagues

Rapid City was where her journey began, with only about twenty-five loyal followers. Among them were Jeff, a large red-haired man she had taken on months earlier, one of a pair of twins, and several young men who fell in behind her. More joined her as she went, from small towns and abandoned cities, and many had been waiting for her arrival. By now dozens of cities answer to her, some taken by force and others already prepared to receive her.

Her route ran through the South, beginning with the ruins of Mobile, Alabama, then Atlanta, Georgia, and on through the Carolinas toward Richmond, Virginia. From a ridge she looked down on a refuge hidden in the wilderness and left it for later. Farther north, survivors hid in old factories and cities along Interstate 95 as she approached Washington. Few escaped, and as the dead fell, more of them rose again.

Past Philadelphia and Newark the land lies in ruins, and her army crosses Jersey City and the Holland Tunnel into Manhattan. The survivors watch from their hiding places but make no move to stop her. Columbus Circle is the last obstacle before Central Park.