Detour — Paul B. Kohler

Into this Life, he's born . . . Out of necessity Sheriff Clay Dobbs encounters a completely new world in the aftermath of the nanite epidemic. He must battle both, the Turned and rogue humans, as he strives to be reunited with his missing family. After a favorable encounter in a neighboring town, Clay obtains a small edge in the fight against the Crazed, but the cost is steep -- perhaps even his own life. Like a dog without a bone, Clay will travel to the ends of the earth for kith and kin.