- The
- future
- grows
- ever
- darker…Two
- hundred
- and
- fifty
- years
- from
- now,
- pockets
- of
- society
- are
- recovering
- at
- varying
- degrees
- after
- a
- cataclysmic
- revolution.
- Simon
- Wakefield
- lives
- in
- the
- perfect
- world,
- a
- risk-free
- society
- ruled
- by
- the
- Advocacy.
- Simon's
- work
- is
- instrumental
- to
- the
- well
- being
- of
- the
- Urban
- Complex's
- 750,000
- residents.
- He
- oversees
- a
- unit
- of
- life
- sketchers,
- professionals
- who
- write
- the
- rigid
- agendas
- by
- which
- every
- individual
- in
- the
- UC
- lives.Simon
- is
- content
- until
- he
- notices
- flaws
- in
- the
- lives
- of
- those
- around
- him.
- His
- father-in-law's
- agenda
- has
- been
- limited
- due
- to
- a
- terminal
- illness.
- The
- newborn
- son
- of
- coworker
- and
- friend
- Jordan
- has
- been
- terminated
- due
- to
- a
- minor
- birth
- defect.
- His
- teenaged
- daughter
- is
- pregnant
- by
- a
- fellow
- student
- who
- doesn't
- exist.
- Simon
- himself
- is
- mugged
- on
- the
- way
- home
- from
- an
- evening
- class.
- His
- frustrations
- increase
- when
- he
- is
- involved
- in
- a
- deadly
- accident
- on
- the
- homebound
- shuttle,
- especially
- after
- the
- inhumane
- treatment
- he
- receives
- in
- the
- health
- facility.A
- coworker,
- Lillian,
- commiserates
- with
- him.
- She
- smuggles
- Simon
- and
- Jordan
- to
- a
- settlement
- that
- is
- the
- bane
- of
- the
- UC,
- a
- place
- where
- agendas
- are
- unnecessary
- and
- autonomy
- is
- practiced.
- The
- settlement
- and
- its
- leader,
- Lillian's
- cousin,
- are
- the
- scapegoats
- for
- all
- the
- shortcomings
- in
- the
- Urban
- Complex.
- Simon
- realizes
- his
- "perfect
- world"
- is
- nothing
- but
- stagnation
- and
- paralysis.Even
- more
- discontented
- when
- he
- returns
- home,
- Simon
- knows
- his
- job
- is
- important
- only
- to
- the
- Advocacy;
- his
- work
- gives
- the
- Advocacy
- total
- control
- of
- the
- life
- of
- every
- resident.
- He
- feels
- helpless
- to
- change
- the
- society
- in
- which
- he
- is
- trapped.
- The
- price
- to
- live
- in
- the
- perfect
- world
- is
- too high.
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