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If King had written a sequel to The Stand it might look something like this monumental epic of a storyJamesRollins 1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones

As great as Wanderers was Wayward is betterChristopher Golden New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones

Five 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 They were followed on their quest by the shepherds friends and family who gave up everything to protect them

Their secret destination Ouray a small town in Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of civilization Because the sleepwalking epidemic was only the first in a chain of events that led to the end of the worldand the birth of a new one

The survivors sleepwalkers and shepherds alike have a dream of rebuilding human society 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 shepherdand an unlikely hero whose courage will be needed again

Because the people of Ouray are not the only survivors and the world they are building is fragile The forces of cruelty and brutality are amassing under the leadership of selfproclaimedpresident Ed Creel 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 AI who imagined the apocalypse

Against these threats Benji Marcy Shana and the rest have only one hope one another Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together