1988. It's morning in America, and a blood-red new dawn rises over Kings Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts. Marcus Lopez Arguello may have survived his freshman year by the skin of this teeth, but the final exam he and his classmates are about to face is going to test their deadly skills, their will to live, and their willingness to climb to success over the corpses of friend and foe alike. And those who do survive are faced with a new challenge: to mentor the new batch of students freshly enrolled and ready to walk the same bloody path.