CHAPTER 137

DODGE CITY, KANSAS

Danny lowered the macrobinoculars from his eyes and looked at the dark clouds that were brewing in the east. Dodge City only had a population of roughly thirty thousand before the comet passed, and now it was nothing but an empty shell. Dilapidated buildings and factories were the only sign of the once bustling beef industry that had sustained the city. Wind swept through the streets blowing century's old garbage about the deserted allies and roads, and not a single window remained in place, even the jagged pieces long gone.