A world already in chaos risks becoming even more unhinged in "The Present Future Trilogy: A Time to Reap," a dystopian novel with a chilling perspective of the world future generations may inherit.

The year is 2492. The world wrecked by warring factions, overpopulation, and natural disasters-thanks to global warming and rising tides, which have forced homes, businesses, and governments to abandon cities and states for higher ground.

To combat these threats, Sial Breen, the one-hundred-fourteenth US president is trying to unite the world's governments into a Global Union under his...