The world ended in silence. Now the dead walk, and only the broken survive.

Josh is a battle-scarred veteran of three tours overseas?but nothing could have prepared him for the fall of America. Cities have crumbled. Law is gone. The infected hunt the living. And somewhere in the chaos, a dark figure from Josh's past rises again.

With nothing but a rifle, a worn backpack, and a lifetime of regrets, Josh begins a brutal trek across a dying country. But survival isn't his only goal. Redemption is. Alongside a tough, pistol-wielding survivor named Jessica, Josh will confront the sins of his past?and the horrors of what's become of mankind.

The Pilgrimage is a raw, unapologetic journey through a decaying world filled with undead terrors, shattered faith, and unflinching violence. Written from inside the walls of a real prison by U.S. military veteran William Adams, this debut novel blends the grit of The Road, the intensity of The Walking Dead, and the soul of a man who's lost everything?and still keeps moving.

This is not a story about the end of the world. It's about what survives afterward.

William Adams served three combat tours in Iraq before his life took a darker turn ? one that left two people dead and him serving a decades-long sentence behind bars.

Raised in the foothills of North Carolina, Adams writes from a prison cell, where violence, regret, and memory are constant companions. He paints. He imagines. He writes. His stories blend the adrenaline of war with the haunting aftermath of choices that can't be undone.

The Pilgrimage is the first of many worlds he's built behind locked doors ? gritty, emotional, and undeniably human.