Sometimes life is stranger than we think, but it’s rarely stranger than what Augie thinks.

When Oliver falls off the Old Mill Bridge and dies, everyone thinks they’ve seen the last of him. Five days later, he shows up at school, but he’s changed. Yes, he’s alive but barely.

Is this the dawn of the zombie apocalypse? That’s Augie’s theory. But this plague only affects Oliver’s friends. One by one, as each friend’s health gets worse, Oliver’s health gets better.

Two of Oliver’s friends are also friends of Augie’s, and the plague is closing in.