Election Season, 2028. The War for Dignity has begun! The government is reeling after hackers took control of the massive database used by the Historical Reparations Administration.As panicked techno-refugees flood its gates, the rising Church of Modestianity offers sanctuary from the surveillance state. Facing an uncertain future, the cast of "Reparations USA" returns to discover that often the greatest doubts come from within.From the corridors of power to inner city pain... Schoolyard lessons and the trappings of fame…"Reparations Mind" is the darkly satirical examination of how "changing the world" became the religion of an entire generation. Can individuality assert itself over enforced ideology?A lively sequel that never relents, Philip Wyeth's irreverent satire has belly laughs... touching moments... bizarre spectacles... political intrigue... and even a prescient vision for the future!This is Book Two of the "Reparations" series. 58,000 words. Philip Wyeth grew up in Virginia but has lived in Los Angeles for many years. He cites Heinrich von Kleist and Ambrose Bierce as inspirations due to the avant-garde nature of their fiction. He strives to be as prescient in his own work.Also a lifelong fan of heavy metal music and its many sub-genres, Wyeth tries to infuse his novels with comparable levels of intensity, independence, and larger-than-life visions. The year is 2028. A new bureaucracy called the Historical Reparations Administration employs a supercomputer to crunch historical data in order to calculate each citizen's Debit Score. Under the shadow of this creeping surveillance state, a diverse cast of sympathetic characters must navigate the crossfire between idealism and technology.At times chilling, insightful, and hilarious, this satirical series strives to help people make sense of the "current year" hysteria that is slowly driving everyone insane.The complete series is comprised of four books, with a grand total word count of around 187,000 words.
