The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury

Robert Kirkman · Jay Bonansinga

Oct 2012 · The Walking Dead Series Book 2 · Sold by Macmillan

About this eBook

The first book explained how the Governor was created; this thrilling sequel to The New York Times bestseller further reveals his ruthless, inhuman conquest of Woodbury

The zombie plague unleashes its horrors on the suburbs of Atlanta without warning, pitting the living against the dead. Caught in the mass exodus, Lilly Caul struggles to survive in a series of ragtag encampments and improvised shelters. But the Walkers are multiplying. Dogged by their feral hunger for flesh and crippled by fear, Lilly relies on the protection of good Samaritans by seeking refuge in a walled-in town once known as Woodbury, Georgia.

At first, Woodbury seems like a perfect sanctuary. Squatters barter services for food, people have roofs over their heads, and the barricade expands, growing stronger every day. Best of all, a mysterious self-proclaimed leader named Philip Blake keeps the citizens in line. But Lilly begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. . . . Blake, who has recently begun to call himself The Governor, has disturbing ideas about law and order.

Ultimately, Lilly and a band of rebels open up a Pandora's box of mayhem and destruction when they challenge The Governor's reign . . . and the road to Woodbury becomes the highway to hell in this riveting follow-up to Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga's New York Times bestselling The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.

Ratings and reviews

That's Lilly from the 2012 Walking Dead game of the year!! Think of it.If you leave her behind in Episode 3,she has to run the dark road.She is actually looking for hope,if you keep her ,she steals the RV.Either way the RV is out of gas,so eventually she has to go on foot.She is going to Woodbury,So either way she would reach Woodbury on foot.That's my proof that Lilly in this book is Lilly from the Walking Dead game.On the game in Season Two there are bandits,she runs into bandits on the book.

Really well written and relevent with current ebola crisis..... The character of philip/brian reminds me of the mercenary tyrant aka colonel callan in the 70s. Callan/costas goraious headed a ragtag band of misfits in the Angola africa war -if u read 'firepower' you will see how chaos can breed these types of people for real. Gonna enjoy fall of guv now!

This is honestly a great book and a good sequel to the first. I would've given it 5 stars if "the Rise of the Governor" didn't set the bar so incredibly high. Now that book was an amazingly addictive read!!!!! However, this is still worth the purchase price; I had a very hard time putting it down.

About the author

ROBERT KIRKMAN is best known for his work on The Walking Dead and Invincible for Image Comics and SKYBOUND. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics and is an executive producer and writer on AMC's critically acclaimed television series The Walking Dead.

JAY BONANSINGA is a critically acclaimed horror novelist whose works include Perfect Victim, Shattered, Twisted, and Frozen. His debut novel, The Black Mariah, was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award.