Future Schism - eBook
by Jeff W. Horton
Future Schism
Blurb/Backmatter schism
ˈs(k)izəm
noun
a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief
The year is 2076; The Great Schism. It is the year the war between liberals and conservatives, the culture war, split America in two, the year the Second American Civil War began.
Nearly a century later the Red Zone’s Corporate Synod forces citizens to undergo genetic modifications, either to enhance intelligence while also robbing the person of their humanity, or to increase productivity for workers while also shortening their lifespan. Meanwhile, The New Zion Church imprisons or executes anyone caught worshipping the God of the Christian or Jew.
In the Blue Zone, however, life is good; if you’re one of the very select few who are Gentry. For the vast majority who are not, however, food is increasingly scarce, disease and starvation are rampant, and government slavery is spreading rapidly.
Daniel Washington leads the People of the Founders, the Red Zone resistance movement. At first, he works only to topple the corrupt Red Council and restore freedom in the Red Zone. After he meets Kayla Ross, however, leader of the Militiamen Freedom Fighters, the Blue Zone resistance against the Gentry, they join forces, and together they discover they can do far more than fall in love, they can start a revolution.