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Hobart, 2022: a city with a declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbor and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA. One day the city’s residents are awoken by a high-pitched sound no one has heard for two generations: a factory whistle. GoFA’s owner, world-famous billionaire Dundas Faussett, is creating his most ambitious installation yet. He’s going to defeat technology’s dominance over our lives by establishing a new Year Zero: 1948.

Henry Morris is watching his wife slip away from him. In an ageist society, where euthanasia is encouraged as a patriotic act, dementia is no longer tolerated. Kaitlyn, a young waitress, is desperate for the funds to keep her brother's life support machine switched on. When a chance encounter brings the two together, they embark on an unconventional business arrangement that will force them to confront their prejudices, as well as their deepest, darkest secrets.

Diesen sogenannten Gesetzesvertretern würde ich nicht einmal eine selbstgebaute Steinschleuder anvertrauen. Chris Mertens, direkter Nachkomme von Dr. Klaus Mertens, steht 70 Jahre nach Gründung des Inselstaats Utopia vor einer folgenschweren Aufgabe. Die Erde, ausgebeutet durch rücksichtslose Großkonzerne, die von korrupten Regierungschefs gedeckt werden, steht kurz vor dem ökologischen und sozialen Kollaps. Nur mit Hilfe eines überraschenden globalen Putsches und einer völligen Machtverschiebung könnte die Menschheit noch gerettet werden. Nichts anderes plant Chris Mertens.