The World has gone mad. A cataclysmic event propels the world into an autocratic world were population control is demanded by technocrats to insure 'the betterment of the all'. Interviewers judge the citizenry to determine who will live and who will die. Rogue former citizens from the established Settlements seek freedom. A precarious stasis between loyalists to the world order and rebels, declared extinct, is threatened. Four brave souls are brought together to right the wrongs. The key is the dissemination of human knowledge which is controlled by the Society. Only they have the technology. The rest of the world is shrouded in a new dark age. Personal relationships tell the story.
