The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury

The Road To Woodbury is the second novel by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga, out October 16, 2012. It is a sequel to the Rise of the Governor. In a recent interview Robert Kirkman said "it's going to be a direct sequel to Rise of the Governor. We're going to meet new characters as they come to Woodbury and see how Woodbury is founded, and how the Governor continues to grow as a character. It all takes place before we met the Governor in the comic book series, and there's a lot more story to tell with that guy. We'll also look at others, Lilly is going to be another focus. It's going to be fun to explore those characters again."

Plot
This book will be focusing on and the path to Woodbury, Georgia, a perfect sanctuary and rural town that is barricaded and walled up to separate the living from the dead. Everything seems perfect in this town as food, shelter, security, and even the town itself expands and grows stronger every day. However, the town leader named Philip Blake keeps the citizens in line and Lilly begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Philip, who has recently begun to call himself The Governor, has disturbing ideas about law and order. Lilly, and a group of rebels band together to fight Philip Blake and open up a Pandora’s box of mayhem and destruction when they challenge The Governor’s reign.

Trivia

 * Lilly is featured on the cover of the novel.
 * The novel focuses on Lilly and how her character develops as she gets to and lives in Woodbury.
 * Robert Kirkman has revealed that in the third novel next year we will be seeing Rick Grimes, Michonne and some of the other characters that you havent seen in the novel series thus far. The ending of the novel will be the same story from the comics, but told from the Governors perspective.