When the government turns off the food, Florida learns what real hunger means. In the small river town of Palatka, the Federal Food Relief Program ends overnight. Shelves empty. Tempers rise. And the thin line between law and mercy begins to tear. Sheriff Barny McMillin believes order will save them. Jill Carroway, his ex-wife, believes compassion will. Between them flows the St. Johns River, carrying secrets, guilt, and the slow drift of civilization unraveling. As hunger deepens, the town divides - between those who cling to rules and those who will do anything to eat. Fires burn along the riverbank. Neighbors become strangers. And when the first rumors rise of men feeding on the dead, the question is no longer who will survive, but what will remain human. Told with haunting Southern Gothic beauty and brutal honesty, The Hunger of Men is a dark literary tale of survival, morality, and the cost of mercy from award-winning indie author Thomas Miller. "When mercy starves, men feed on rules. When rules die, men feed on each other."