SuitabookSurvival and moral limits
The Crag’s survivors divide work among four groups while struggling to feed everyone; killing has become common and is no longer prohibited by law.
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T. M. Brenner - Author
This is a bleak survival story centred on Sam, a young hunter caught between a violent enclosed society and a prophecy that may make Sam its focus. It offers danger, scarcity, social division and questions about whether hope can survive fear.
"After billions died in the End War, a small group of survivors found refuge in the Crag cave. Cut off from the outside world, they have no way of knowing if they are the only people still alive. To ensure their survival, they split into four groups: the Hunters, the Harvesters, the Keepers and the Protectors. It is a daily struggle just to feed everyone. As generations pass, the population becomes more and more murderous. Killing is so common in the Crag that there are no longer laws against it. Sam, a seventeen-year-old hunter, was left outside the Crag as an infant. Believed to have been a gift from the Sky Gods, there are whispers that Sam is the Sky Child, the one prophesized to bring peace and prosperity to the Crag. Anyone special or different in the Crag is a target for murder. Sam may be the biggest target of all."--Back cover.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a bleak survival story centred on Sam, a young hunter caught between a violent enclosed society and a prophecy that may make Sam its focus. It offers danger, scarcity, social division and questions about whether hope can survive fear.
The Crag’s survivors divide work among four groups while struggling to feed everyone; killing has become common and is no longer prohibited by law.
Sam was left outside as an infant, is believed by some to be a gift from the Sky Gods, and may be the prophesied Sky Child.
Expect a dark premise involving mass death, frequent killing and a community where murder has become common.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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