A fast-paced post-apocalyptic novella from Nommo Award-nominated author, Erhu Kome. Perfect for fans of Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Years after the rains stopped mid-downpour and returned to the clouds, leaving Earth a barren wasteland and society fractured into small groups, water becomes humanity’s only currency. Zane, leader of The Freeborn, strikes a deal with the Soldiers of Fortune, offering a prized prisoner for precious water. But the agreement turns deadly when the exchange is ambushed by mutated creatures born of the disaster. Zane must to escort the surviving Soldiers of Fortune back to their stronghold through monster-infested wastelands for the promise of more water or to protect his people from the perilous journey.