Dangerland (Working title)

Sixteen years after much of the world has been devastated by a deadly plague known as "the Miasma" lies the town of Harbor, once Ohio ruins now a flourishing post-apocalyptic society governed by a group of people known as The Founders. Beginning at the age of sixteen, teenagers must work for their food rations. Those "unfit" to work, called "the liables", are viewed as burdens to society, and are shipped to Harbor's neighboring island, Sanctuary, to live out the rest of their years.

Failing to find a job, sixteen-year-old Tan McCray finds himself on one of the boats to Sanctuary, where a life of work, peace and prosperity is promised. But once Tan lands on Sanctuary, it's anything but. The islanders are cruel and barbaric as public executions are celebrated and sexual assault on females are common. Tan soon realizes that "the liables" aren't sent to Sanctuary to work, but to be enslaved by the islanders. Will Tan and the new friends he makes on the island be able to escape Sanctuary, and ultimately, their presumed fate in this disease-ridden world?

(A/N: This is a major work in progress. I came up with all of this in just a week -- with work and all. The title, character names, etc. aren't all final. I don't even have a cover! But I do hope you enjoy nonetheless!)