Zone 31

In the scarred remains of a dead world, three powers fight for the future. The Aurelian Guild rules from their gilded, green citadels, expanding their empire with cold, calculated force. The Bastion Concord rebels wage a desperate war from the shadows, fueled by vengeance and a dream of tearing the Guild down. And in the toxic wastes between them-the Outlands-the forgotten fight just to see the next sunrise.
Tyler McCallum has seen both sides of the hellscape. Once an elite operative for the Guild's dreaded Reaper Battalion, he now walks alone, a scavenger haunted by the things he's done. His only goal is to survive, far from the war he helped fuel.
But the past doesn't stay buried. When a savage scavenger raid forces Tyler into a fragile alliance with a captive named Rosa, a woman fighting her own demons just to stay alive, his solitary world is shattered. Their struggle for survival throws them into the path of the rebellion and Tyler's old friend, Peter Goldberg, a commander who believes Tyler is the key to a near-impossible mission.
The rebellion's target is the heart of Guild power: the impregnable fortress known as ZONE 31. To reach it, they must cross a nightmare landscape of mutated horrors, ruthless gangs, and the very Guild forces Tyler once called his own.
Tyler is forced to choose: keep running from the war, or confront the ghosts of his past to help strike a blow that could change the world. The journey to Zone 31 will test every bond, reveal every secret, and force him to decide what-and who-is truly worth saving in a world built on ashes.