Stay On The Line

The dead are still walking. Wisconsin is getting colder. And the people listening to Caleb's voice are beginning to act on what he says.

At Haven Ridge, surviving the outbreak has become the daily work of keeping people warm, fed, and alive. When a failing water connection sends Caleb and a small crew south in search of a replacement fitting, they leave with limited supplies and a deadline their community cannot afford to miss.

For Owen, the journey carries another hope: finding out what happened to his family.

Beyond the familiar roads, guarded supply depots and fractured relief networks offer help with conditions attached. Meridian has medicine, equipment, and people who know how to use them. It also has questions about the survivors, and Caleb must decide how much information he is willing to trade.

As conflicting accounts emerge, the radio becomes his strongest connection to the scattered communities trying to survive. But a warning sent in good faith can travel farther than the truth behind it. When people change their plans because of his broadcast, Caleb discovers that correcting the record may be harder than getting anyone to listen in the first place.

With winter closing in and the dead gathering along the roads, the crew must bring home what Haven Ridge needs while facing losses no supply run can repair.

Stay on the Line, the second novel in The Living Signal Series, continues a story of ordinary people carrying extraordinary grief, protecting fragile bonds, and deciding what they owe one another after the world has fallen apart.