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Wayward : a novel / Chuck Wendig.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: [Wanderers] ; [2]Publisher: New York : Del Rey, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: x, 803 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593158777
  • 0593158776
  • 9781529101102
  • 1529101107
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Prologue -- Part one: Settlers of a fallen world -- Interlude: Best friends forever -- Part two: Heralds and heretics -- Interlude: Who are the people in your neighborhood? -- Part three: Strange nativity -- Interlude: Five years in Atlas Haven -- Interlude: The first sleepwalker -- Part four: The sidewalk ends -- Interlude: Ten vignettes, aka, the shit what Pete Corley has seen -- Part five: Lambs and wolves -- Interlude: A long way past the possum -- Part six: The rites of pilgrimage -- Interlude: A nascent god ponders it options -- Part seven: Antivirus -- Interlude: The good dog -- Part eight: The failsafe -- Epilogue: A bird meets the pins-and-needles man.
Summary: "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. And 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 sleepwalkers were 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 is 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, Shana, Marcy, and the rest have only one hope: Each other. Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together"-- Provided by publishers.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Science Fiction/Fantasy WENDIG, CHUCK Available 33111011017478
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy WENDIG, CHUCK Available 33111010919476
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Science Fiction/Fantasy WENDIG, CHUCK Available 33111009453461
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"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 .

Prologue -- Part one: Settlers of a fallen world -- Interlude: Best friends forever -- Part two: Heralds and heretics -- Interlude: Who are the people in your neighborhood? -- Part three: Strange nativity -- Interlude: Five years in Atlas Haven -- Interlude: The first sleepwalker -- Part four: The sidewalk ends -- Interlude: Ten vignettes, aka, the shit what Pete Corley has seen -- Part five: Lambs and wolves -- Interlude: A long way past the possum -- Part six: The rites of pilgrimage -- Interlude: A nascent god ponders it options -- Part seven: Antivirus -- Interlude: The good dog -- Part eight: The failsafe -- Epilogue: A bird meets the pins-and-needles man.

"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. And 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 sleepwalkers were 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 is 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, Shana, Marcy, and the rest have only one hope: Each other. Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together"-- Provided by publishers.

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