Year Zero (Revolution's Children Book 1) by David Dean Lugo

The Second American Revolution is over. The old ways are swept away, and it is now Year Zero. The brutal dictatorship called The Corporation dominates the former United States. It uses fear, starvation, and the threat of death to turn citizen against citizen.Sixteen-year-old Joey Cryer lost everything in the revolution’s aftermath. Everything but six-year-old Julia. Now Joey’s sole goal is to keep her safe until they can leave town and get across the northern wall, and to safety. Joey’s former high school bully Harlan Grundy, eighteen, is a loyal captain in The Sons of Liberty, The Corporations ruthless police force. When he is betrayed by his superiors, he vows vengeance on his former masters, no matter the cost.When a small band of rebels draws The Corporations’ most merciless soldiers to their hometown, these two enemies will discover an unlikely bond. A bond that will determine the fate of their friends, their town, and of six-year-old Julia.