The world ended when Mara Voss was sixteen. Nine years later, Mara has survived by following one rule: never trust anyone. After losing her father and watching the people she once called family become monsters, Mara became a ghost—moving from place to place, fighting alone, and refusing to let anyone get close enough to hurt her. But when her path crosses with Rick Grimes’ group, she finds herself surrounded by people who challenge everything she believes about survival. Especially Daryl Dixon. Two broken survivors. Two walls built from pain. Two people who never expected to find someone who understands them. In a world filled with the dead, Mara must learn the hardest lesson of all: Surviving alone kept her alive. But letting someone in might be what finally makes her live.