Someone's Child
Lynette Aspey
- Beth
- is
- a
- feral
- teenager,
- one
- of
- the
- few
- survivors
- of
- a
- catastrophic,
- man-made
- extinction
- event.She
- does
- not
- know
- what
- happened,
- or
- why.
- At
- night,
- her
- dreams
- bring
- to
- life
- memories
- she
- has
- tried
- to
- forget,
- and
- every
- day
- she
- faces
- the
- harsh
- realities
- of
- gathering
- food
- and
- finding
- shelter,
- knowing
- that
- she
- is
- prey
- in
- a
- world
- reclaimed
- by
- hunters.Existing
- in
- a
- perilous
- no-man's
- land,
- a
- strip
- of
- urban
- ruin
- that
- exists
- between
- the
- City,
- with
- its
- sealed
- environment
- and
- paranoid
- inhabitants,
- and
- the
- wilderness
- that
- is
- reclaiming
- its
- place
- as
- the
- dominant
- force
- in
- the
- world,
- Beth
- expects
- to
- die.
- She
- struggles
- and
- fights,
- and
- exists
- without
- hope,
- knowing
- that
- her
- future
- is
- a
- short
- and
- bloody
- road.When
- she
- is
- finally
- cornered
- by
- one
- of
- the
- City's
animal-soldiers,
- a
- hound-like
- chimera,
- Beth
- accepts
- that
- her
- time
- has
- come,
- only
- to
- discover
- that
- even
- a
- future
- as
- certain
- as
- hers
- might
- take
- the
- most
- unexpected
- of turns.
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