The World Of After The Darkness

The year is 120 A.T.D., 120 years after the sun's rays became blocked by black and grey clouds of pollution. Most of the time it is dark, much like a moonless night. There is a shortage of everything, food, water, shelter and heat. It is always cold, never warmer than 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) in the summer and 40 degrees below zero in the dead of winter; it snows, all year around. Poverty is rampant and people now live with extended family in small, insulated apartments struggling just to stay warm, fed and safe. The government is run by the military, police and a small elite class who have power over food, heat, shelter and safety. In this society, there is a scarcity of everything that humanity requires creating a society of freemen and slaves. Fourteen-year-old MaiChelle has been lucky to be born into a family employed in the heating industry placing her amongst the privileged, that is until now…