[Political Junkie Too]

Yes, that's part of the peek-a-boo tension of dribbling out a little at a time to introduce the characters before finding out who's on what side. Make first impressions and then shake up those impressions.

Former government staffer living the high life while the warlords are gruff, unshaven, in dirty clothes and living in burned out buildings.

Later, find out that the government is killing people to fuel the power station because it's easier than rebuilding the coal mining industry, and also the petroleum industry to refine the gasoline to run the mining equipment, the labor to mine or refine no longer exists, typical dystopian plots.

This is usually what happens to sequels. The originality of the initial story is gone. It's now same old same old. This one is now straying into Soylent Green territory, but dead people are fuel now, not food.

-PJ

[Kartographer]

Burning the excess and useless population to make green power. That’s a Greenie’s wet dream.

Wasn’t there a new story about aborted babies being used to fuel a power plant a couple months ago?