It's Day Zero and the Texas zombie virus is quickly spreading throughout the nation. In a desperate race against the clock, two special forces teams are given an impossible mission. Turn the football stadium in Charlotte into a fortress, and rescue some of the brightest minds in the world to help with the coming war.

Dead America focuses on the national response to the Texas zombie outbreak. There will be multiple mini-series within Dead America, focused on several regions of the nation and how they are dealing with the crisis.