The Compound Author:S. A. Bodeen Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. — The world they knew is gone. — Eli?s father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can?t get out. — He won?t let them. — Dad asked me if I wanted to see more of the Compound. — I didn?t. We would have to wait fifteen years before it would be safe to go outside. Which left more th... more »an enough time to see the rest of the Compound.