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What would you do if you lived in a near-future United States of America in which the President has declared weekend minority culling "Passes" legal?
In which citizens compete in reality TV programs for healthcare, the right to travel, higher education, or "freedom" to live in private segregated communities?
What would you do if you were falling for a beautiful biracial climatologist and artist who might be a member of a radical "terrorist" network?
And you knew someone, somewhere, probably has placed a bullseye on your head?
This is the future in which Noah Harpster, humble incongruent anachronism, pickpocket, and three-time loser, finds himself cast.
Like you, he's got some tough decisions to make with too few options.
To the government, and everyone else, he's just one more grain of sand in society's colossal hourglass.
And time's running out….
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"Part 1984, part Twilight Zone, part Romeo and Juliet, part Deliverance, this novel explodes with timely caution, expanding the burning US of 2026 into a near-future dystopia that combines action with shock and romance into a very relevant, important statement on our times. It's not for children, but definitely for thoughtful, introspective adults who can tolerate social commentary in their sci fi."
Ebony Stephenson — BookBub ★★★★★"A scary and fantastic projection of how we could go in the near future."
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Adult readership · depicts violence and persecution · 722 pages · audiobook 15 hr 27 min
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