# Wayward

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- Book: [Wayward](https://www.bookquiver.com/chuck-wendig/wayward) ([Wayward.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chuck-wendig/wayward.md))
- Authors: [Chuck Wendig](https://www.bookquiver.com/chuck-wendig)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2915-761-1
- Published: 2022-11-15
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The epic sequel to Chuck Wendig's apocalyptic literary masterpiece WANDERERS . HOW DO YOU SURVIVE THE END OF THE WORLD? Five years ago, a group of ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country. They were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect them. Their destination, Ouray, became 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. But the people of Ouray are not the only survivors, and their new world is fragile. 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, they have only one hope: one another. Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together. 'As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better . . . Combines grim extrapolation, great characters, and hope .' Christopher Golden 'Salient, masterful, this is an author at the top of his game.' Adam Christopher 'IMAX-scale bleeding-edge techno-horror from a writer with a freshly sharpened scalpel.' Kirkus