Overview
A promise is a road you keep by walking.
The war sputtered to "over," but peace never showed. When Henry Cade delivers his found family to a fortified bunker outside a broken D.C., he expects safety. Instead, he finds surveillance, scarcity, and a power vacuum. A child needs healing, a wife is lost inside her own storm, and a nation teeters between order and anarchy.
Pressed into service by a fading president and a principled commander, Cade is forced to choose: stay human or stabilize a country-preferably both. A precision breach exposes the camp's weaknesses; radio traffic, ration lines, and drone patrols reveal a fragile new world trying to stand. Cade's oath becomes simple: protect the kids, protect the promise, and rebuild what's left.
This third novel in the On My Way series is a gritty, heart-forward post-apocalyptic survival story about leadership, family, and reconstruction. Expect tight suspense, clean, muscular prose, and the kind of hope that works-neighbors wiring lights back on, kids returning to school bells, and a man walking one last road with a box of ordinary grace.
Perfect for readers of Station Eleven, The Last of Us, The Road, and slow-burn dystopian thrillers with found family, moral stakes, and community rebuilding.
Themes & tropes: post-apocalyptic survival - dystopian America - found family - wounded hero dad - bunker/base politics - continuity of government - small-town resilience - trauma & recovery - "next right step" hopepunk - radio networks - leadership under fire - tender, earned endings
Series order:
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One Bad Day - the fall - 2) One Bad Week - the road - 3) One Bad Month - the rebuild
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798265390295
- ISBN-10: 9798265390295
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: September 2025
- Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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