On the settlement planet of Harmony, a country dissolves into economic and social chaos – with two very different people caught in the middle! Ruven has come to the city to plead for better terms for his dairy cooperative, which is choking on ill-considered regulations. Jillian, a holodrama star, is slow to realize that her celebrity won’t insulate her from the coming disaster – even as she coaches Ruven on how to make his case to corrupt bureaucrats. While a totalitarian government snatches at half-measures to stay in power, Ruven and Jillian learn to navigate a world of hunger and violence, where the rules of survival change daily and where the dangers range from gang warfare to epidemic disease. Their one hope is to escape the city for a farming community – but Jillian’s very pregnant sister-in-law, Trisha, cannot travel…
On the settlement planet of Harmony, a country dissolves into economic and social chaos – with two very different people caught in the middle! Ruven has come to the city to plead for better terms for his dairy cooperative, which is choking on ill-considered regulations. Jillian, a holodrama star, is slow to realize that her celebrity won’t insulate her from the coming disaster – even as she coaches Ruven on how to make his case to corrupt bureaucrats. While a totalitarian government snatches at half-measures to stay in power, Ruven and Jillian learn to navigate a world of hunger and violence, where the rules of survival change daily and where the dangers range from gang warfare to epidemic disease. Their one hope is to escape the city for a farming community – but Jillian’s very pregnant sister-in-law, Trisha, cannot travel…