It’s 2029 and Hope Thomas has an abortion. Texas wants to execute her.
Thomas relocates to New Mexico, fights extradition and speaks out on her plight.
Jayson Damond also has a problem. The aging billionaire is putting the finishing touches on Damondville, a small city in Colorado. But few people are showing interest in moving in. His bucket list project is looking more like a humiliating flop than the capstone of a legend’s career.
Damond, who made billions developing telecommunications technology, has a plan: He refashions Damondville as New America and makes Thomas the personification of all that is wrong with America. The drama, he reasons, will resonate with the public, generate excitement and fill his new city.
Things spiral out of control, however.
Theo Pennimen, Damond’s partner, is deeply ashamed of his role in creating the technology he feels is ruining people’s lives and destabilizing society.
Pennimen sees Damond’s targeting of Thomas as an opportunity to stage a massive teaching moment that will show people how easily they surrendered their free will. He hijacks and expands the viciousness of Damond’s relatively mild campaign against Thomas. People quickly grow to hate her and flock to New America.
This teaching moment never happens. Instead, New America melts down into a morass of conflicting agendas, anger, confusion and violence. Hope Thomas, meanwhile, strives for physical survival, emotional healing…and revenge.
Surviving New America: Hope Thomas and Her Enemies is the first of a two-volume saga that simultaneously entertains and explores vital contemporary issues.