Zone One

A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. After the worst of the plague is over, armed forces stationed in Chinatowns Fort Wonton have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Streetaka Zone One. Mark Spitz is a member of one of the three-person civilian sweeper units tasked with clearing lower Manhattan of the remaining feral zombies.Zone Oneunfolds over three surreal days in which Spitz is occupied with the mundane mission of straggler removal, the rigors of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder (PASD), and the impossible task of coming to terms with a fallen world. And then things start to go terribly wrong

At once a chilling horror story and a literary novel by a contemporary master,Zone Oneis a dazzling portrait of modern civilization in all its wretched, shambling glory.

Released July 10, 2012