A woman is plagued by a mysterious horde of zombie-like beings who create a strange zone of bad luck and fluke events.
This is an odd story that drops you into the middle of a weird but vaguely familiar world, where hordes of zombie-like “Hosts” abruptly appear and disappear, creating chaos and uncertainty in their wake. Intertwined with this scenario is the story of the protagonist’s boyfriend’s sister (transitioning from being the boyfriend’s brother), and of the protagonist’s wedding ruined by a freak ice storm that may have been caused by a cursed wedding dress, or may have been caused by her fiance running over a Host with his car. Themes of identity and chance run through all of the threads.