Corine was 16 when the disease started to spread. People started to die and the unknown sickness seemed to be incurable. As women became less and less common, bad men became more and more hungry, until they formed a group called the raiders, taking any female they could find young or old. Cori is a young woman, the worst thing you could be in a world like hers. Bad men, will kill to have you in their possessions. Good men will die trying to protect you. When Corine's family throws her out to protect everyone else, she cuts her hair short, hides her subtle curves, and changes her name to Cory.