Presentday,UnitedStates...Thebathsaltsepidemicfacingthesouthernandmid-westernUShasbeenstifledbyanunprecedentedgovernmentcrackdown.Headshopshavebeenraidedandshutdown,componentimportsfromtheUK,IndiaandChinahavebeencompletelystopped,andaggressivepenaltiesforusershavebeeninstated.Thishasledtoatremendousamountofsurplusstockhiddenbyblackmarketdealers,andamigrationofthosedealers(andinturn,users)tothenortheastandotherareas.InNewYorkCity,potentstrandshavesurfacedandhaveattractedthemostdevotedbathsaltjunkies.Inanattempttooutsellsaidstrands,ayoungaspiringchemisthasdevelopedandevenstronemendousamountofsurplusstockhiddenbyblackmarketdealers,andamigrationofthosedealers(andinturn,users)tothenortheastandotherareas.InNewYorkCity,potentstrandshavesurfacedandhaveattractedthemostdevotedbathsaltjunkies.Inanattempttooutsellsaidstrands,ayoungaspiringchemisthasdevelopedandevenstrongerbatch...butsomethinghasgonehorriblywrong.Thenewultrapotentbathsaltbatchhasrevealedamajorsideeffect...Itturnsusersintoviolentfleshseekingzombies.Whenthezombiesarehighonbaltsalts,theyarecompletelyunawareoftheiractionsandtheyseemtofloatinandoutofconsciousness.