Natureofevil Stories

Firelore "fire" was turning 16. She was living in a backward society where girls chose their 18 year old husbands at the age of 16. Fire didn't want to and rebelled. She was caught and deported to prison. On the way she escaped and went to a place called Summer City. Let's just say it wasn't your normal vacation spot...

In the near-future, the earth has been rocked by repeated strikes from debris left by the tail of a passing comet. Civilization is collapsing. People are desperate. A leader, Adin, has emerged to care for countless millions of refugees through his NGO, The Kingdom. He is the hope for mankind. When an assassin shoots Adin in the head while he addresses the United Nations in New York, Adin's mentor, the contemplative Abbott Ben Keating, comes to his surgical bed at Mt. Sinai Hospital to witness not just Adin's miraculous recovery, but the genesis of a new being: the fusion of human mind with a powerful artificial intelligence (AI). What Rough Beast follows the rise to power of this cyborg savior. The story unfolds through the experiences of Ben, as he tries to deter his pupil from his increasingly Messianic and dictatorial path; and of a family in Boulder, Colorado, refugees themselves from the growing lawlessness, who clash with Adin's growing ambitions. This story isn't science fiction. It's prophecy.