When scientists with warped imaginations accidentally unleash an experimental bioweapon that transforms Britains animals into sneezing bloodthirsty zombies with a penchant for pre-dinner sex with their victims three misfits become the unlikely hope for salvation. Abattoir worker Terry Borders love life is crippled by the stench of death that clings to his skin from his days spent slaughtering cows; teenage vegan Geldof Scabby Peters alternates between scratching furiously at his rash & baiting his overbearing New Age mother; & inept journalist Lesley Mc Brien struggles forlornly in the shadow of her famous war correspondent father & the star journalist at the Glasgow Tribune. When Britain begins a rapid descent into chaos & ministers cynically attempt to blame al-Qaeda Lesley stumbles upon proof that the government is behind the outbreak. During her bumbling quest to unveil the truth she crosses paths with Terry & Geldof & together they set out to escape a quarantined Britain with the evidence & vital data that could unlock a cure for the virus. Standing in the way are rampaging hordes of animals a ruthless security agent & an army ready to shoot anybody with a case of the sniffles on the off-chance the virus has mutated. Three losers. Overwhelming odds. A single outcome: the world is screwed.