Rick leads the Commonwealth's Governor, Pamela Milton, on a tour of the various communities Alexandria is aligned with. Naturally... terrible things begin to happen very quickly.

The time has come. The forces are aligning. Alexandriaś war against the Whisperers has begun! Has Rick brought about the demise of everything heś built? Or will he triumph once again? Know this... there will be a cost.

"The time has come. The forces are aligning. Alexandria's war against the Whisperers has begun! Has Rick brought about the demise of everything he's built? Or will he triumph once again? Know this... there will be a cost."--Amazon.com.

Continuing story of survival horror in the wake of the zombie apocalypse. Rick and his friends plan a fair for their allied communities, but when his son, Carl, falls for a girl from the cultish whisperers--a group of humans who live amongst the roamers--danger looms once more

The Commonwealth and Alexandria have joined forces but at what cost to Rick?

"An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled-- no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living"--Back cover.

"What happens to the World's Finest if the world ends? With death spreading across the planet, who will live and who will turn in this apocalyptic tale of heroism, sacrifice and annihilation? It's the end of the world as we know it! Six hundred million people worldwide are instantly turned into violent, monstrous engines of destruction when their minds are recoded with a corrupted Anti-Life Equation from Apokolips. The heroes of Earth are fighting...