When rural Ohio college professor Peter Mellor dies in an automobile accident during a zombie outbreak, he is reborn as a highly intelligent member of the living dead. With society decomposing before his eyes and violence escalating into daily life, Peter quickly learns that being a zombie isn't all fun and brains. Humans try to kill him at every opportunity. His old friends are loath to associate with him, and he finds himself inconveniently addicted to the gooey stuff inside of people's heads.
