Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet EarthPetrovic, Walter D.
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Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
Petrovic, Walter D.
Science fiction
Richalé wanted to compile facts to prove, without doubt, Canon's claims
to creating the Universe, the Earth, and all of existence.
In 2660 C.E. Dioneza had found repulsion towards all men, and although
she had yearned for children, she wanted no man to bed with her.
Due to her status, in the city, she was given the permission to be
artificially inseminated from her choice of genes, preserved from the
time of Omega 4 - EAST's construction. She had chosen a sample which
was labelled as "David Sannstein: April 1995". The city's parliament
had overwhelmingly accepted her choice and granted her the permission
that was necessary, for her to use the sample. All the records that
were kept in the gene bank were obviously ancient. From what was
understood contained within the ancient records, David Sannstein was an
Engineer, some 650 years ago. This was several hundred years before
"ONE".
Dioneza presented her brother with this fact but nothing ever came of
this knowledge.
Richalé married a girl that he had studied with, at the beginning of
the same year that Dioneza was artificially inseminated.
Months before Dioneza's birth to Dorin, Richalé and his lovely wife,
Dianna, had quadruplets.
Just after Dioneza bore Dorin, Richalé left the Omega 4 - EAST City,
with Dianna and his children: Roman, Daphne, Tatum and Wind. They
journeyed for the city of Besten, on the Eastern seaboard of the
continent. During this century few of the O.S.G.I's were still
inhabited. All but the Omega 4 - EAST city and the Omega 7 - PACIFIC
city were abandoned and were utterly forgotten.
In the East, Canon's personal religion had subdued the people's belief
and knowledge, and everyone in the Omega 4 - EAST city began to think
that their city was nothing more than a temple built to Canon.
There were a few citizens that opposed Canon's Laws and some of these
were publicly tortured to death, but some had escaped the wrath of, the
now-hated, Canon.
Many people, dissatisfied with Canon's rules fled the cities to settle
in the small villages and towns that dotted the land. Canon, however,
sent emissaries to all of these surface towns and cities, and soon they
began to rule over them. Most of these places submitted to the ways
that Canon had forced upon them. Only Besten kept up with the
rebellious stand against the Canon, but soon, only underground cells of
rebels fought the new rule.
Richalé's daughter Daphne became involved with the rebel leader
Montgomery Bartlett and married him. Later, the Bartlett line was to
become the strongest in Besten.
Dioneza had avoided execution by the Canon, her half-brother since she
had the favour of the city parliament and since she had told Canon that
if she dies, her protector would surely kill him.
Canon did not have her killed, yet he had prevented her from ever
speaking in public by having his men begin riots whenever she called a
public audience.
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