Twenty ago, Cargo Flu swept the world. The City lives on as the shadow of a former metropolis, but growing again, even thriving, using intensive salvage-machinery, spare parts, even wire and gasoline harvested from the wreckage; planned and managed with rigidly enforced rules and regulations. City life is pleasant, not so different from life before-so long as you stay in line. Miles outside the City, in the wild areas, refugees...