Kael, the only surviving medic of the expedition, returns carrying their leader’s body. But Selina, the leader’s adopted daughter, steals all the credit in public and forges succession documents to name herself acting leader. Kael bides his time. His true identity is the legendary underworld “Death Doctor”, master of both medicine and combat.As the virus from the corpse breaks out, evidence gets destroyed, and impostors emerge one after another, Kael exposes Selina in front of everyone at the council summit. She burned their last chance of survival with her own hands. Once the virus takes hold, she is exiled forever. Teaming up with Romy, the female leader of the Volkov clan, Kael begins a new chapter in the Dead Zone.
