The Long Way Around

Delphine Batiste has never been good at staying still.

With a motorcycle beneath her, a backpack on her shoulders, and nowhere she has to be, she's spent her life chasing the next horizon. But when a routine supply run brings her back to Atlanta on the day the world ends, freedom becomes survival.

After escaping the chaos with another survivor, Delphine finds herself at a small quarry camp where strangers are becoming family and hope is growing in the unlikeliest of places. Among them is Daryl Dixon-a quiet hunter with a crossbow, walls built higher than any prison, and ghosts of his own.

As the dead close in and the living prove just as dangerous, the road ahead is soaked in blood, loss, and impossible choices. But somewhere between campfires, late-night watches, and endless miles, Delphine and Daryl discover that even at the end of the world, it's still possible to find someone worth coming home to.

A slow-burn romance set alongside the events of *The Walking Dead*, featuring an original female character, found family, survival, and the kind of love that grows quietly in the darkest of places.