Aleksey has worked as a morgue attendant for six years. The dead don’t complain, don’t act rude, and don’t demand attention. It’s the ideal job for those who are tired of the living. But this night everything changes.
Bodies that were supposed to remain motionless in the refrigeration chambers begin to rise—slowly. One after another. They don’t breathe, don’t speak—only move forward with empty eyes and a single desire: to eat.
Police Lieutenant Maksim Solovyov and his partner Anton arrive at a hospital call and discover that the world they knew has ceased to exist.
A day earlier, a malfunction occurred at a secret military facility: the release of the biological agent «Н-17». The authorities hid the truth. Fog covered the city. And thirty hours after death, the dead began to rise.
The night shift turns into a fight for survival. But the worst thing is realizing that your humanity isn’t lost only when you die.