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After an animal virus ravages the livestock supply, the government legalizes cannibalism to keep food levels stable. In this controversial new order, butcher Marcos finds his everyday work thrust into an ethical quandary. Faced with the weight of survival and the personal guilt of consuming human flesh, he must decide whether to comply with the state’s demands or resist the reality of a society that has turned its own people into food.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Dystopian Fiction
Authors: Agustina Bazterrica
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