Minerva Hart

Thirty years ago, a deadly plague brought humanity to its knees by introducing us to our new predators: Splicers, beings who were once no different from us but now live only to eat and to infect as many people as possible. Half-human, half-animal, and all deadly. Nearly impervious to damage, freakishly strong, and blessed with advanced senses, they are almost as dangerous as those who have adapted to this new, savage world.

Since the sea levels rose and the American government went bankrupt, the country has seen a new world order arise. The big corporations, who have since purchased sections of America from its shattered leaders, are the rulers of their own, private kingdoms. They live in luxury, drunk on not only their comfort and security, but also on the knowledge that the lower classes wholly rely on them to exist. In return for food, board, and employment, the middle class is made into little more than slave at the beck and call of their masters. Their lives are no longer theirs. They belong to the rich.