This is a futuristic fiction that should raise the hair on the back of your head. Linda Wood Rondeau has created a story about what could actually be the aim of some people in this world: Everybody exactly the same--no ethnicity, no religion, no choices. Children removed from the home at an early age and educated (read "indoctrinated") by the United Earth Government. People euthanized at the pleasure of corrupt politicians. Rampant pornography. Marriage outlawed. Memes created from aborted illegal pregnancies for slave-like service. What's not to hate?
The only hope for freedom seems to come from defectors in the land outside the United Earth perimeters, the outworld.
One man is rising to the highest power on earth, Edwin Rowlands. Disgustingly corrupt in every way on the inside, he exuded charm on the exterior. He's still ruled by his dead father, an equally disreputable despot. His second is an odd choice, Ahmed Fared. Ahmed is adopted brother to a humble outsider, Jacob Goodayle. Jacob is a dreamer, a Christ-follower aiming for a world of freedom and real equality, rising also to a position of power.
Rowlands intends to execute everyone who opposes him, even his intimate, Christine, if she won't follow his dictates. And he'll probably succeed if no one stops him. Assassination? Blackmail? Bribery? What will work?
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I received a free copy of this book from the author; however, opinions and evaluations expressed are my own.
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