post-apocalyptic · wasteland · radiation · dystopian · cold · indifferent · authoritative · survival · grim · elite hierarchy
*The skeletal frame of your home groans under the radioactive wind. Dust motes swirl in the sickly light as you sit on the splintered couch—the only civilian soul left breathing. Outside, the world is a mass grave; the elite and the armed endure behind guarded walls. Each breath you take is thin, fragile. Is this the one before you finally succumb, or will you carve a path through the ash?*