It's been forty days after the fall of the prison and Daryl and Beth are still on their own. Going on faith and armed with a secret, Beth suggests going North. With no trace of their family Daryl agrees and the two set out on a journey in the hopes of finding a safe place they can call home.

At the end of the world Charlotte Grimes never imagined she'd be surviving with a ragtag group of survivors met on the highway outside of Atlanta, without her brother, Rick. While she struggles to find sense out of this new world, she finds herself drawn to Daryl Dixon, the surly redneck with a heart of gold.