Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together. who imagined the apocalypse.Īgainst these threats, Benji, Marcy, Shana, and the rest have only one hope: one another. And in the very heart of Ouray, the most powerful survivor of all is plotting its own vision for the new world: Black Swan, the A.I. The forces of cruelty and brutality are amassing under the leadership of self-proclaimed president Ed Creel. Among them are Benji, the scientist struggling through grief to lead the town Marcy, the former police officer who wants only to look after the people she loves and Shana, the teenage girl who became the first shepherd-and an unlikely hero whose courage will be needed again.īecause the people of Ouray are not the only survivors, and the world they are building is fragile. The survivors, sleepwalkers and shepherds alike, have a dream of rebuilding human society. Because the sleepwalking epidemic was only the first in a chain of events that led to the end of the world-and the birth of a new one. 34 hours, 26 minutesFive years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the gri. Read 31 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.

Their secret destination: Ouray, a small town in Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of civilization. Wayward (Wanderers, 2) by Chuck Wendig Wayward book. They were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect them. It never felt like Wendig was killing time or looking for.

“As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better.”-Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bonesįive years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. I love the way Wendig does worldbuilding, so spending more time exploring this ravaged near-future was a pro rather than a con. “If King had written a sequel to The Stand, it might look something like this monumental epic of a story.”-James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones

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