Journey · Book 10 · Sam age 19

Where the Road Begins

A connection only lasts when people keep meeting it from both sides

Where the Road Begins book art
Book 10 · Year 10 of the journey

Where the Road Begins

Who will maintain this after I leave?

The map is finally full. Now the communities have to decide which roads are current, seasonal, limited, historic, controlled, or still unverified—and who will do the work after the meeting ends.

Sam’s progression

Sam’s final progression is from discovering roads to helping build systems that do not depend on him.

Reader map after Book 10

What the known network looks like now

Reader map after Where the Road Begins
Schematic · not to scaleMap grows book by book