Outlanders #1: Exile To Hell by James Axler

America became the Deathlands in the year 2001. Now, 200 years later, there’s a new order looking to take control of the cities. Beyond the city walls, however, lie the Outlands, where a dangerous freedom exists. Roaming in the Outlands are three survivors seeking to learn the future of humanity. The trio is made up of beautiful and intelligent Baptiste, weapons expert Grant, and Kane, the main subject of the series, who once fought for the new order that has now banished him to the Outlands.