Luther is twelve years old. His mother is dead. His father is gone. He has a knife, an empty house, and no particular reason to keep breathing except that dying would mean God wins.

The Wretches' Hollow is no place for a boy. Lucky for Luther, he stopped being a boy a long time ago.

This is not a story about hope. It is a story about what happens when the world grinds people down to their worst and most honest selves. And what they choose to do with what's left.

To the future, for a world yet to be devoured.


May you learn from our sins. God bless you all.


Chapter 1 - Dedication