After the Dust Settled
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When a bullet knocks Malik and the Captain's hot-air balloon out of the sky, landing them in the Kentucky wilderness, they are chased by man-hunters who believe hunting the weak is their post-apocalyptic duty.
On the plains of a near-future United States, Malik, Beckley, and a few other survivors of a catastrophe that killed most adults struggle to survive, and face off against a band led by a man who ensures their obedience by scarring them with non-lethal snakebites.
When snow drives Malik, Beckley, Emma, and Wendell into Des Moines, Iowa, they are taken in by a Coalition that is caught between an anti-electricity, cult-like group and brutes who raise pigs to trade, feeding them on children.