A Place That Used to Be

<p dir=ltr style=line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>There were three of them ragged Grafters with dirty clothes and greasy hair. One wore a pair of wire-rimmed glasses. Another was holding Rhonda's satchel. The third pointed a makeshift spear at Milo's throat.</em></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0><span style=font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap>Five years have passed since the mysterious Event wiped out most of human civilization. Trading caravans travel between nascent settlements. Lawless scavengers called Grafters prowl the wasteland in increasing numbers. </span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0><span style=font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap>Rhonda and Milo have made the best of the truncated school building they call home growing vegetables and making short films to keep themselves occupied. But when Milo suspects a growing illness the two of them will have to decide: will they stay where they are or will they make the journey through the dangerous realm of the wasteland?</span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0><span style=font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap>In this sequel to </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Patch Project</em><span style=font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap> nostalgia and hope shape each character's search for a place to belong in an unforgiving world.</span></p>