The Hunger

by Alma Katsu

The government wouldn’t let them go there if it were dangerous.

But so far she was just stuck on an endless journey surrounded only by the people she cared for least. Her husband’s family.

Women were always forced to smile. Tamsen had mastered it so well it sometimes frightened her.

man who had swallowed a pebble but would rather choke than cough it up and reveal his mistake.

They have taken on the skins of the men they have consumed.”

Knox was able to buy his own version of the truth.

The gun was small, and fit nicely between his teeth.