A perfect complement to the original graphic novel and the major motion picture that was based upon it, ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION BOOK ONE: OASIS explores the undisclosed tales that occurred over the six months in which hitman Michael O'Sullivan tried to protect his oldest son from his former employees. Looking to disrupt the business of the mob families that killed his wife and youngest offspring, the grieving O'Sullivan and his adolescent boy embark on a disruptive bank-robbing spree in the rural Midwest. But as these deadly adventures forge an unbreakable bond between the father and son, a new danger awaits them in the form of a pair of ruthless bounty hunters obsessed with their capture, dead or alive.

Continues the adventures of renegade mob hitman Michael O'Sullivan and his son Michael Jr. as they complete their treacherous journey to Perdition, Kansas.

In the best-selling graphic novel, The Road to Perdition, by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, readers were introduced to Michael O'Sullivan, the legendary Tri-Cities "Angel of Death" - and his son, Michael Jr. The inspiration for 2002's smash-hit film, both versions of the story captured readers' and viewers' hearts and minds. Now comes a tale from the road, as Michael and his son seek vengeance for the death of Michael's wife and younger son, by robbing banks along the way and disrupting the cash that fuels organised crime. When Michael Jr. contracts a life-threatening illness, the duo are forced to seek refuge. But their oasis of calm is set to be short-lived, as bounty hunters despatched by the Capones are closing in...