Chapter 8: The Moon

As Billy and the other survivors leave the meat locker where they took refuge during the bombing, they are horrified by the sight that greets them. Dresden is gone. The bombers had literally wiped the city off the face of the earth. All that remained was a wasteland that Billy describes, "Dresden was like the moon now, nothing but minerals" (Pg 178). The survivors made their way to an inn that wasn't hurt by the bombs. The innkeeper asked if there was anyone else, but they tell them that they had not seen a single living thing the entire way to the inn.