Out of the Mouths...

In the last city under the sky, even extra children are a crime.

A century and a half after nuclear fire ended the old world, the Reykjavik Dome survives on two mantras: THE COLLECTIVE IS ONE BODY. SACRIFICE PROTECTS THE COLLECTIVE. Population is tightly controlled, and "third children" like Hunter Karlsen are taken from their families to pay the debt their existence incurs.

Hunter has spent his life trying to prove he was worth that sacrifice. When the Althing names him a candidate for the S...