Wayward

Wendig, Chuck

ISBN 10: 0593158776 / ISBN 13: 9780593158777

Published by Del Rey, New York, 2022

About this Item

Octavo - VG+/NF - Black boards and spine with shiny pale green foil lettering on the spine. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine - just a little too much bumping for a NF grade. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Faint yellow spot on the outside edge of the textblock and a faint but noticeable fingerprint on the lower edge - pages are otherwise all clean, white, and crisp. 803 pages. Dust Jacket - has a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the four outside corners. 1/8" semiclosed tear in the very tip of the lower front outside corner. Heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. Not perfect, but a tight, clean, reasonably attractive copy of Wendig's follow-up to Wanderers.

Seller Inventory # 013724

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wayward
• Publisher: Del Rey, New York
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593158776
• ISBN 13: 9780593158777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

“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.

About the Author

Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers, The Book of Accidents, and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written comics and games, and for film and television. He’s known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as Damn Fine Story. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his family.