In the twenty-third century, California is a hellish place. A corrupt dictatorship led by the Business Council has taken over the coastal areas and renamed them Mainstream. Anyone who rebels is exiled to the Out-Lands.
The only people who venture deep into the blazing interior are the Freeps. They rely on mobile climate-control systems called beetle packs to protect them from the sweltering temperatures. The Freeps are networked via computers to their own leader-Algo, a cyber presence unable to grasp certain human concepts.
After refusing to work his assigned accounting job,...
In the twenty-third century, California is a hellish place. A corrupt dictatorship led by the Business Council has taken over the coastal areas and...
