- For
- a
- thousand
- years,
- the
- establishment
- has
- ruled
- the
- planet
- Earth.
- There
- are
- no
- more
- countries,
- no
- famine,
- no
- disease,
- no
- wars
- on
- terra
- firma.
- The
- eighties,
- nineties,
- and
- hundreds
- rule
- the
- world
- with
- an
- iron
- fist,
- while
- the
- lower
- seventies
- aren’t
- even
- aware
- of
- their
- existence.
- Into
- this
- world
- is
- born
- a
- child
- whose
- parents
- are
- murdered
- for
- challenging
- the
- establishment.
- Scheduled
- from
- six
- years
- old
- for
- assassination,
- Mad
- Mitch
- McIntosh
- has
- to
- fight
- for
- every
- day
- of
- his
- life.
- Fixed
- as
- a
- forty-eight,
- Mitch
- is
- destined
- to
- become
- a
- space
- infantryman.
- His
- intellect,
- courage,
- and
- determination
- becomes
- a
- never-ending
- thorn
- in
- the
- side
- of
- the
- establishment.
- In
- the
- end,
- they
- try
- and
- exile
- him
- on
- a
- journey
- to
- the
- stars
- with
- a
- crew
- from
- the
- upper
- echelons
- of
- society,
- a
- journey
- with
- his
- natural
- enemies
- to
- colonize
- a
- new
- planet
- that
- orbits
- a
- far
- distant
- sun.
- The
- Icarus
- project
- is
- the
- establishment's
- last
- chance
- to
- ward
- off
- impending
- starvation
- from
- overpopulation.
- The
- crew
- of
- the
- Daedalus
- are
- in
- for
- a
- nasty
- surprise
- when
- they
- finally
- reach
- the
- so-called
- unpopulated
- world.
- With
- Mitch
- as
- a
- part
- of
- the
- crew,
- they
- may
- well
- stand
- a
- chance,
- but
- can
- they
- fight
- off
- a
- lifetime
- of
- prejudice
- to
- seek
- his
- help
- and
- save
- their
- own lives?
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