While on a rite of passage, a group of young people are far from their home when it is ransacked by an evil sorcerer’s roving army. Their parents are turned into zombies and added to the invading ranks. What follows is their tale of heroism and love.

The Adericta, a legendary guild of professional monsters slayers, takes on some new recruits. Not soon after they find themselves on a hunt that goes from simple, to hard, to bad, to worse, as a great beast manages to spread chaos and remain hidden.