The first volume of the official novelization of Death Stranding, the new franchise from legendary game-creator Hideo Kojima. After the collapse of civilization, Sam Bridges must journey across a ravaged landscape crawling with otherworldly threats to save mankind from the brink of extinction and reconnect the shattered world one step at time.

Kenji Yano (pen name: Hitori Nojima) was co-writer of Death Stranding, and is the author of the novels Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Metal Gear Solid Substance 1: Shadow Moses, Metal Gear Solid Substance 2: Manhattan, and Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain.