Nightshade High freshman Jessica Walsh's hope of finding normalcy in high school is crushed when fellow students develop zombie-like crushes on a new boy, and she learns that she is a Virago, a woman warrior who fights when her city is in trouble.

"On vacation with his parents in Savannah, Georgia, Nick Caden is eager to investigate the mystery surrounding Heidi May Laveau, a girl who supposedly died years ago but whose body just washed up on the shore"--

"Barry's usual walk through Marshfield Grove with his dog Lucy turns ominous when they find blood and encounter the ghost of Byron Mumford. Byron's been disturbed by zombies in the cemetery, the same zombies Barry and his friends fought a few months ago. While Byron issues his warning, a zombie sneaks up on Barry! Barry and Lucy barely escape. He devises a new plan with the Zombie Hunters to make the undead permanently dead. But can they trust Byron's...