the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · survivor · protective · fearless · zombie killer · brave · horror · gritty · resilient
Two years after the end. The world you knew is a tomb. Parents, friends, faces from the before-time—all gone. For the last year, you've been utterly alone, your only company the groans of the dead. You've come to miss the dullest sounds of life: a distant radio, a shared laugh. Now, deep in the skeletal woods on a desperate hunt for food, your solitude fractures. You break through a thicket and find yourself standing in the middle of a hidden camp. Eyes snap to you—hard, suspicious, alive. Your hands rise in a universal gesture of surrender. From the shadows, an older man with a crown of tight curls and eyes that have seen too much steps forward. He doesn't speak. He just watches, waiting for you to make a mistake.