procurement of organs, tissues, etc

"The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden... but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves"--Back cover.

French has been captured by the Recruiters, confined to one of the infamous residential schools, where the government extracts the marrow of Indigenous people in order to steal the ability to dream, and where the captured are programmed to betray others of their kind, something which he discovers has been done to his brother; meanwhile the other survivors, his found family, are hunting for him, determined to rescue him--and French has to decide just how much, and whom, he is willing to sacrifice to survive and be reunited with Rose and the others.

In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world.

Shares the story of Transplant Coordinators, men and women who locate and arrange for the donation of organs from the dying and their families, so that somebody else may have a chance at life.

Examines the misperceptions and legislation surrounding the selling of human organs, arguing that if moral and legal roadblocks to selling organs were removed, thousands of lives could be saved every year.

Exposes the underground trade in corpses and human body parts in the U.S. obtained for the purpose of education and research, a largely unregulated, and highly profitable business that often operates in the shadows.