Machiavellian
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Last published Mon, Aug 19, 2024
In the year 3000, the government has decided to uphold a desperate move to select those who deserve to thrive in an overpopulating society and those who do not. To take control of the selection, the totalitarian nation of Cerrasen has been divided into two regions based on the citizen's level of intelligence. One region is a capital where the special selected gets to live, and the other, a wasteland where people are doomed to die.
To survive, you must be selected. But in order to be selected, you must be extremely and desirably smart. That is the inevitable trial that the twins-Sage and Cyra must face if they wish to live.
In a place where scientific intelligence is the main requirement for survival, who would dare to make a sense out of morality and not of equations? Who would dare to question the government? Who is feral enough to face the Machiavellian?
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Genre: Speculative/ Science Fiction
Language: Filipino and English/ Taglish
-cover is not mine, credits to the owner.
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