The gates have fallen. The dead are gathering again. And spring is changing everything.

After the university was breached, the survivors in Dongying, China, have built their lives around a few essential things: food, water, shelter, watch schedules, and the routines that help them make it through another day.

Aaron, an American teacher, is among those trying to keep the group together. Lucy records the days and the dwindling numbers. Serena and the others are learning to live with what they have lost, what they have become, and the bonds they have formed along the way.

Then spring arrives in the Yellow River Delta.

As the ice melts, the dead begin emerging from the canals. The familiar sounds of the city take on a new meaning, and the fences that once offered protection may not be enough. Meanwhile, clues connected to an oilfield project at Hekou raise questions about the outbreak that the survivors are only beginning to understand.

With danger closing in, the group must decide whether to stay where they have managed to survive or follow the evidence into a landscape filled with uncertainty.

But the struggle is not only against the dead. Fear, grief, attraction, jealousy, and loyalty shape life inside the group. Relationships change under pressure, and even small decisions can carry consequences when there is no easy way back to the lives they once knew.

Grounded in the everyday details of a Chinese university and the distinctive landscape of the delta, Yellow Wind combines zombie survival, graphic horror, mystery, and mature relationship themes. It follows ordinary people as they face a world that no longer makes sense and try to hold on to something worth protecting.

Yellow Wind is Book Two of The Delta Dead. For the best experience, begin with Book One.