What is the setting in the novel, Enclave?

The novel begins in an enclave that has built up in the subway tunnels under New York City. This enclave exists at some point in the distant future, a future that exists after a holocaust epidemic has devastated most of modern society. This world includes such dangers as the continuing effects of the illness that destroyed society as well as the creatures known as Freaks who are meat eaters like zombies.

The setting of the novel is essential to the plot of the novel because much of the conflict in the novel would not exist without the futuristic, post-holocaust society. Deuce finds herself fighting Freaks and believing that living topside is dangerous because of this setting. Later, Deuce finds herself in a devastated New York City that has been abandoned for at least a decade, most likely longer, with little protection from the dangers of the gangs and the Freaks. If not for this setting, Deuce might have found herself in a modern city filled with modern conveniences, a place where she might have thrived after a period of adjustment. For this reason, the setting of the novel works well with the plot.