Chapter 56

Though Allen had seen, and even caused, a few deaths by now, they had all been acts of self-defense in moments of crisis. He had always tried to stay away from the aftermath—and forced himself to forget the bloodshed.

But the Scavengers’ black market was a different kind of horror—one that couldn’t be put into words.

He saw human bodies dismantled like machines, saw how utterly indifferent these people were to their fellow man.