In the shadowed remnants of Manhattan, Mark Spitz and a team of fellow sweepers traverse the walled-off Zone One, a sanctuary amidst the desolation of a zombie apocalypse. Their mission: to eliminate the lingering infected known as 'stragglers'—zombies entrapped in a haunting loop of their former lives. Amidst the quiet horror, Spitz's narrative unfolds, intertwining the present sweep with recollections of the world's catastrophic collapse and his own survival journey. A story not only of the undead but of the resilience and decay of human nature, 'Zone One' probes the depths of civilization's facade and the tenacity of hope amidst devastation.