MMLXXXIV: The Universal Lottery

Welcome to MMLXXXIV. As the planet fends off nuclear and environmental annihilation, Will Striver is forced to choose between a predatory regime or his family's demise. Like all survivors of the War of Permanence, the Strivers have experienced a lifetime of suffering. Their only reality is historic distortion. Narcotic-laced technology. Human rights defilement. Subsidized violence. Yes, the masters Orwell, Huxley, and Burgess wisely predicted such a future of abusive power. But what they were unable to foresee is the haunting parallels their dystopian societies have with our current administration. Reaching into the psyche of a megalomaniac, the novel captures this unnerving infection of the post-American tyrant, Med Vainarx. Realizing freedom is impossible, the universe offers the Strivers a gift of psychological escape. While Will is hunted down by the Narxists elites, he summons the artifact in an attempt to counter the regime's jubilant terror. His family enters a netherworld to find answers that lie in advanced language, mysterious lifeforms, and an imaginary civilization. Through this natural intervention, the pieces come together to cultivate a post-democratic world based on the harmony of wholethink.