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 As great as
Wanderers was Wayward is better.”—Christopher 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 world—and 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 shepherd—and 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 self-proclaimed president
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 A.I. 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.
