The Fifth Column
Robert Corrado
- In
- the
- near
- future,
- the
- United
- States
- has
- been
- transformed
- into
- the
- Unified
- State,
- an
- oppressive
- police
- state
- that
- keeps
- its
- citizens
- under
- constant
- surveillance.
- Poverty
- and
- crime
- are
- rampant,
- and
- the
- citizens
- live
- beneath
- a
- perpetual
- cloud
- of
- fear.
- Pedro
- Pulido
- has
- never
- known
- his
- country
- to
- be
- any
- other
- way,
- but
- his
- grandfather
- remembers
- a
- time
- before,
- and
- he
- teaches
- Pedro
- to
- recognize
- the
- propaganda
- for
- what
- it
- is
- and
- to
- think
- for
- himself.
- Still,
- Pedro
- is
- no
- revolutionary.Then
- Pedro's
- quiet
- town
- is
- engulfed
- by
- the
- country's
- growing
- anti-government
- insurgency,
- and
- terrifying
- changes
- begin
- to
- occur.
- A
- mechanical
- soldier
- with
- artificial
- intelligence,
- Samuel,
- is
- deployed
- in
- the
- neighborhood
- and,
- like
- others
- of
- its
- kind,
- is
- glorified
- by
- the
- government
- as
- a
- great
- protector
- of
- the
- people.However,
- it
- quickly
- becomes
- apparent
- that
- Samuel
- isn't
- just
- keeping
- an
- eye
- out
- for
- insurgents.
- After
- the
- death
- of
- one
- of
- Pedro's
- closest
- friends
- at
- Samuel's
- hands,
- Pedro
- finds
- himself
- faced
- with
- a
- decision.
- Does
- he
- accept
- the
- status-quo
- or
- seek
- justice
- for
- his
- friend's murder?
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