The day he first discovers he can do magic, Kyle Finlagen inadvertently detonates two zombies and an entire hardware store. Surviving in post-apocalyptic Washington State is not easy. There is no electricity, firestorms are falling from the skies, other people are developing strange new abilities and dead people are starting to pick themselves up and chomp on the living. To further complicate things, Kyle finds himself leading a group of dazed survivors desperate to find food and refuge. Few people know how to farm or to build houses anymore but together they begin to pick up from the ashes and rebuild. It is then the goblins attack. Kyle must master his magical gifts, lead a team of refugees, and ultimately dare to challenge the god-like entity known as the Shroud that seeks to kill them all.