Before the world succumbed to the silent grip of the undead, there was a time when the greatest threats were not the walking dead but the specters of war and the shadow of nuclear annihilation. This prequel to the *Zombie Chronicles* unfolds in the heart of the Cold War era, a period when the line between friend and foe blurred under the weight of mutual distrust and fear. It was a time when the American landscape was dotted not with the remnants...