Forager (Forager - A Dystopian Trilogy)
by Peter R Stone
Eighteen-year-old Ethan Jones lives in Newhome, a town built upon the decaying ruins of post-apocalyptic Melbourne, ruins haunted by the ferocious Skel, a nomadic tribe of degenerate savages. After Ethan rescues a Japanese teenage girl from the Skel, she goes to great lengths to ingratiate herself into his life. But is it in gratitude for saving her life or is she seeking something more?