The Great Depression leaves the USA and CSA vulnerable. Though victors in the War of Secession, the CSA still reels from losing the Great War. Powerful and bloated by prosperity, the USA ignores ominous events nearby.

Since the Big Bubble popped in 1929, life has changed in Enid, Oklahoma. No paying jobs at the mill, because zombies will work for nothing. The diner on Main Street is seeing hard times as well, because a lot fewer folks can afford to fly carpets in from miles away. Jack Spivey is making a few bucks playing ball with the Enid Eagles, and sometimes roughing up rival thugs for Big Stu, the guy who calls the shots in Enid. When he's assigned to "deal...