When All Else Fails
Mark A. Goldstein
- In
- less
- than
- a
- generation,
- the
- country
- has
- seen
- its
- democratic
- government
- dismantled
- and
- replaced
- by
- a
- ruthless
- totalitarian
- regime.
- Set
- in
- the
- not-too-distant
- future,
- the
- United
- States
- is
- now
- run
- by
- the
- Authorities,
- who
- control
- every
- aspect
- of
- people's
- daily
- existence.
- Travel,
- entertainment,
- education,
- sexual
- expression,
- and
- even
- religion
- are
- severely
- restricted.Baltimore
- native
- Marty
- Broder
- wants
- little
- more
- than
- a
- steady
- job
- and
- a
- relatively
- peaceful
- life
- for
- himself
- and
- his
- partner
- Eddie
- Williamson.
- But
- his
- bosses
- at
- work
- are
- exasperating,
- and
- the
- constant
- threat
- of
- incarceration
- in
- a
- Prison
- Camp
- and
- the
- fear
- of
- the
- ubiquitous
- armed
- guards
- make
- that
- hope
- unattainable.Is
- escape
- from
- the
- country
- a
- realistic
- possibility?
- Eddie
- seems
- sure
- that
- it
- is,
- but
- Marty
- is
- more
- skeptical.
- The
- country's
- borders
- are
- heavily
- guarded
- and
- dangerous
- to
- cross.
- Marty
- has
- friends
- in
- a
- well-organized
- resistance,
- who
- are
- ready
- to
- help
- him.
- But
- will
- that
- be
- enough
- for
- them
- to
- make
- their
- way
- to
- freedom,
- or
- will
- their
- dreams
- prove
- to
- be
- nothing
- more
- than
- a delusion?
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