The Voodoo Queen summons up more of the dead to rise and a possessed Dan joins her in the rituals. King Zombie is stunned to find out that he has lost control of the zombies. Albert finds out what his true purpose is...he will chronicle all of the events of the new history of the world. And Joey learns of the history behind the lepers.

King Zombie unleashes his remaining dead against Rand and his leper colony in order to get Albert back. Bowker goes after the Scavengers and finds himself also against Katherine's townspeople, but he kidnaps Katherine, wanting her for himself, which enrages Dead-Killer to go after him.

Dead-Killer trains Joey in zombie killing and takes him to the town of Brunson which is full of lepers, victims of in-human scientific experiments. As King Zombie rides his skeletal horse, he is surprised by another Gateway opening but this one is different...and inside are mysterious beings. And Vamp has here body tattooed to appease Bowker.

Donna helps Dan to recuperate in Katherine's camp but Dan is plagued by voices in his head...he is being called by a new Voodoo Queen. The Vamp finds a new female body, one that she hopes will appeal to Bowker. And Joey trys to get some answers out of the Dead-Killer.

Bowker's end play to take over the city and then turn over Deake to King Zombie is put into motion. King Zombie declares war...he is tired of dealing with humans. The mysterious force known as Amy takes over a little girl who is brought into the biker camp where Donna, Joey and Percy are...but the girl senses a great evil...exactly what she was looking for.

Albert and Wayne are attacked accidentally by townspeople in northern Michigan. Kirk leaves the airplane for a small city that was a battleground and is surprised by an escaped convict, Clarence. King Zombie takes his army of zombies on a train to head up north in pursuit of a new gate opener. Albert is brought into the camp where John and Stacey are. They find out that a group of humans have taken over a nearby town called Wolverine. If they go through...

John must kill one of his own men as he was bitten by a zombie. Kirk finds himself trapped by zombies again and comes across a pilot flying a small plane and manages to join him in escaping. John's men on a hunting party see some movement and they lay an ambush for the zombies that are coming towards them.

New creatures of the undead cross over from the Gateway to follow King Zombie and infest the land. Joining the mighty Grakken are the demon dogs and demonflytes. Dead-Killer must choose between killing King Zombie or Deake in order to stop the Gateway from permanently opening. A wounded Dan is found by Katherine's people.

Reyna enlists Bowker to engage in a power play against Jaxson in order to return Moloch to leadership rule of their new military city complex. But first Bowker has to take care of the intelligent female zombie known as "Vamp". And in a surprise move, Bowker enlists the aid of King Zombie to take over the city. While elsewhere Dan, plagued by visions, decides to leave the motorcycle gang he and Joey have come across.

In a flashback to the community city where Dan and Joey were, it is revealed that King Zombie has tortured some of the people and found out about Dan and Joey. That puts him in the hunt of them. Moloch, Reyna, and Deake join up with another paramilitary organization but Moloch is not in charge this time, he is more of a prisoner. The leader of this new group agrees with Reyna's plan as she is willing to let Moloch be killed.