BLURB:
Most of the
world's seventeen billion people are unconscious, perpetually serving their
employers as part of massive brain trusts. The ecosystem has collapsed, and
corporations control all of the world's resources and governments. A bedraggled
alcoholic known as the Prophet predicts nineteen year-old waitress Eadie will
lead a revolution, but how can she prevail when hunted by a giant corporation
and the Federal Angels it directs?
EXCERPT:
The man’s mouth hung open as he stared at her face. His long, ashen hair had
shifted, revealing a smudge of grease or dirt that made an almost perfect
circle on his forehead.
“Sir? Are you all right?”
His eyes widened. “It is you,” he said. “At last. I have been looking forward to meeting you for such a long, long time.”
“Oh, yeah, sorry it took me so long to get to your table, sir. I just clocked in.”
He blinked slowly, pondering her response. “Ah,” he said. “You are a waitress, still. Well, then, General, I would have a cup of Vibrantia, if it pleases you.” The man’s expression never altered and his lips remained mostly still as he spoke, making it seem as though his voice was coming from somewhere or someone else.
Eadie clenched her teeth, trying not to laugh, though his words made her feel as though she was being tickled with a feather along her spine. “I’m sorry, sir. This is a corporate restaurant owned by McGuillian Corporation, so we synthesize only McGuillian patents. We have Synapsate but not Vibrantia. Would that be all right?”
“Of course, General. That would be lovely, if it pleases you.”
“Okay, sir. And my name is Eadie, by the way.”
“Thank you, General Eadie. And, if you like,
you may address me as many have lately come to do. I am the Prophet.”
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Mark
D. Diehl writes novels about power dynamics and the way people and
organizations influence each other. He believes that obedience and conformity
are becoming humanity’s most important survival skills, and that we are thus
evolving into a corporate species.
Diehl has: been homeless in Japan, practiced law
with a major multinational firm in Chicago, studied in Singapore, fled South
Korea as a fugitive, and been stranded in Hong Kong.
After spending most of his youth running around
with hoods and thugs, he eventually earned his doctorate in law at the
University of Iowa and did graduate work in creative writing at the University
of Chicago. He currently lives and writes in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Author’s
Website: http://www.markddiehl.com
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Fascinating excerpt. Sounds like a unique and interesting story.
ReplyDeleteOoh what a creepy cover...eek! But it definitely fits the plot of the story. Great choice!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you've had some pretty exciting events in your life...how do those events play into your writing?
ReplyDeleteI agree! The cover looks really creepy!
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