Showing results for "Blue Politics" in Science Fiction

They call it Hell Day - a world war that lasted less than 24 hours. Nations unleashed weapons that destroyed more than a century’s worth of technology. Electrical grids cannot generate power. Communications and computers cannot run. And the remnants of the US government cannot be depended upon. Those who survived must live as their ancestors did, off a land ruled by the whims of nature. Onetime congressional representative Victoria Emerson has become the new leader of the small town of Ortho, West Virginia.

In a captivating parallel world where psychic powers have transformed witchcraft into a respected science, the physical sciences have taken a backseat, creating a culture reminiscent of our eighteenth century. Follow the intertwined fates of Lalette Asterhax, a hereditary witch, and Rodvard Bergelin, an ordinary government clerk drawn into the radical conspiracy of the Sons of the New Day. Though Rodvard is commanded to seduce Lalette to exploit her powerful blue star for revolutionary purposes, neither feels genuine affection for the other. As they navigate their complex motivations and the ...