Print ISBN: 9780975365557
358 Pages
358 Pages
“...CALLED THE 99 % SOLUTION, THE DIRTIES CALLS OUT TO A SOCIETY IN TURMOIL. IT IS BOTH A GREAT READ AND AN ANSWER TO THE INEQUITY AND LOSS WE FACE AS A SOCIETY. READ HOW THIS PROPHETIC NOVEL MEETS THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIMES, AND POINTS TO AN ANSWER. AN ANSWER WITHOUT BLOODSHED, CLASS WARFARE, OR THE NEED FOR A SCHISM, THE DIRTIES TAKES US TO OUR ROOTS AS A NATION-- AND IN DOING SO-- LAYS OUT A PATH FOR OUR RETURN TO GREATNESS...”
FROM THE BOOK JACKET:
WITH THE DEMISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE THIRD DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY, CHAOS SPREAD QUICKLY AS POVERTY AND DISEASE GREW. THE CORPORATE TIT TURNED AWAY FROM THE MASSES, THEN DISAPPEARED. ANGER ERUPTED. ANOTHER BARRIER WAS REQUIRED.
THE REDDING WALL RISES THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM THE GROUND. THE BARRICADE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA USES THE REMAINS OF THE CONSUMER CIVILIZATION TO PROTECT THOSE THAT BROUGHT DOWN CIVILIZED SOCIETY. BROWNISH GRAY IN COLOR WITH BLACK SHADOWS FROM ITS RAIN OF WEAPONS, AN ODOR OF FILTH RADIATES FROM THE WALL, A GHOSTLY EXTENSION OF ITS IMMENSE CORE.
WITH A BASE IS AS WIDE AS IT IS TALL, THE PYRAMID-- AS WELL AS AIR CONDITIONED CUBES FOR BLACK GLASS SPORT COURTS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND BICYCLE TRAILS RUNNING ALONG THE PEAK. THE RECTANGULAR-
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE REDDING WALL HAS BECOME A LENS, A FOCUS OF ANGER FOR BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE PLANET. MILLIONS ARRIVE ON THE AMERICAN SHORES EVERY MONTH, IN AN IRONIC PARODY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM OF CENTURIES PAST. THEY COME NOT TO ENJOY THE GIFT OF WEALTH, BUT TO DESTROY THOSE THAT HIDE BEHIND IT. EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE-- NOT OWN IT–BUT TO ANNIHILATE THE MADNESS THAT HAS TAKEN OVER A ONCE GREAT DREAM OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY.
AFTER TEN YEARS, THE REDDING WALL STANDS AS A TRIBUTE TO TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING. BUT LIKE AN OLD HEADSTONE, IT IS SCARED BY TIME. ANOTHER WALL IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
The Dirties
