The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure

Murder, as you must know by now, I can understand and sympathize with deeply. But war? No.

After a nuclear holocaust, America is unrecognizable. There are a few cities left on the coasts, but most of America is now the Deathlands, where radioactive dust hazes the skies and radiation-scarred survivors try to stay alive another day. Besides devastating the land, the catastrophe has somehow warped the minds of the few remaining citizens of the Deathlands; they have all turned into murderers. They can???t help it ??? it???s a drive that can only be released by killing someone. Even when they band together for companionship, it always ends up in a bloodbath.

Ray has been on his own for a long time when he meets Alice, a woman who???s just as tough as he is. When the two of them decide, just for a while, not to kill each other, they come upon an old man and a hovercraft... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-night-of-the-long-knives/