Chet awakes from the nightmare of cubicles and blinking fluorescent lights. He is surrounded by the Office Dead. The fourth installment of Cajun Zombie, which chronicles the events leading up to Book Three: The Kingdom Dead. Here lies the adventures of Miss Abbey's group, how they came together, and their fight to escape Baton Rouge in the days and weeks before they joined Isherwood and the rest in the island citadel of St. Maryville. The master of puppets is coming in black boots. The pieces are in motion, but what is this mysterious chess game unfolding in the land of the dead?