The town of Elwood has a sickness and Ian Sommers wants to get out. The only problem is that beyond the miles long fence around the town is a different but more tangible disease. A global plague has turned the rest of the world into flesh eating zombies and young Ian is a trainee in the town's protectors derisively called The Zombie Killers. Now Ian must gather supporters and make a run for it despite the risks before they get caught in an "Elephant's Graveyard".