In the manner of Ayn Rand and Robert Heinlein, Seamus Branaugh considers current social and political issues through the filter of a dystopian future. In the early 2200s, a system of warring "Cities" has replaced the United States. Inside the City walls, people live in material comfort and wealth...controlled by totalitarian governments; outside the City walls lies a wasteland of ignorance and poverty. Moving between the two is practically impossible.The global economy has become harsh and unforgiving. Weak states, measured by an ongoing market in currency exchange, are annexed or absorbed by more powerful neighbors. Regimes changes with brutal efficiency.In this world, the lives of two men intersect. One is a son of privilege--a "Brahmin" from a major City. The other is a member of managerial class of that City--who is falsely accused of financial crimes and banished to the wasteland. Their fates, also connected, will determine the future of the City system...and the prospect of individual liberty in a harsh world.
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