While the world fell apart in a single morning, some families were already broken.

When his father is unable to choose his son over the bottle, young Ashley Walker sets out across a shattered Australia searching for his mother and younger sister. Determined to continue the journey alone, every step north brings new dangers, old wounds and impossible choices.

To reach the family he's desperate to find, Ashley must confront grief, betrayal and the loss of the life he once knew, all while navigating a harsh and unforgiving landscape where survival is never guaranteed and every survivor has the potential to become either an ally or a threat.

Northbound is a gripping Australian post-apocalyptic novel about resilience, family, the invisible things we inherit, the trauma we can't outrun, and the fragile hope that the things that shape us don't have to define us.