It's been thirty years since the economy collapsed, and all Dillon has ever known is a world without electricity or medicine, living in a community constantly under the threat of starvation as they struggle to feed the rest of the country. Orphaned and alone, unsure of his future, Dillon serves as a lookout, watching for the bands of Scavengers that prey on towns like his-while also trying to keep away from the mayor's twin sons, who are bent on terrorizing him. When a Forager rides into town, he opens Dillon's eyes to the possibility of another life for himself. And when a Scavenger attack leaves the Forager injured, he sends Dillon out on a mission that may mean the difference between life and death for the mayor's missing daughter. Dillon is about to find more than a way to help his community-he's about to find himself.