The Fifth Column
()
About this ebook
In the near future, the United States has been transformed into the Unified State, an oppressive police state that keeps its citizens under constant surveillance. Poverty and crime are rampant, and the citizens live beneath a perpetual cloud of fear. Pedro Pulido has never known his country to be any other way, but his grandfather remembers a time before, and he teaches Pedro to recognize the propaganda for what it is and to think for himself. Still, Pedro is no revolutionary.
Then Pedro’s quiet town is engulfed by the country’s growing anti-government insurgency, and terrifying changes begin to occur. A mechanical soldier with artificial intelligence, Samuel, is deployed in the neighborhood and, like others of its kind, is glorified by the government as a great protector of the people.
However, it quickly becomes apparent that Samuel isn’t just keeping an eye out for insurgents. After the death of one of Pedro’s closest friends at Samuel’s hands, Pedro finds himself faced with a decision. Does he accept the status-quo or seek justice for his friend’s murder?
Robert Corrado
Robert Corrado grew up in a small town in the California foothills reading comic books and science fiction novels, muddling through pen and paper role-playing games, and filming amateur action shorts on his neighbor’s VHS camcorder. He currently resides in Denver Colorado. He’s always been a big dreamer, starting his own business at the age of 21, and pursuing creative projects throughout his life in a variety of mediums. He enjoys reading novels, watching films, skiing, dancing and karaoke with his wife Karen, and spending time with his Jack Russell Terrier, Joey. He has been writing creatively since grade school and shows no signs of stopping. Some of his favorite books are 1984, Jennifer Government, and just about anything by Phillip K. Dick.
Related to The Fifth Column
Related ebooks
The Golden Telescope: Jack and the Magic Hat Maker, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Leaf in the Stream Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDangerous Shadows Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Last-Day-of-Summer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Immemorial Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Potato Dance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuestion Everything... Then Dig Deeper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Gangster's Tale: All Choices Have Consequences Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConfederados: Quest for Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings7 Days To Live Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlowers When You're Dead Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBroken Pieces and Disjointed Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNumber One: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5THE ODD CITIZENS OF KRUM JUNCTION Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Mr. Burns Dies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDe-Sexed, A Genderless World. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Box Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red: Olympus Decimated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPathologies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat We Do For Love: Tales From A Darker Heartland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDay of Judgement and Ten Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Broken or Stunted Wings:: The Eagle That Will Not Fly. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings27 Doors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Andropopov Saga - Volume II: From the Ashes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Day They Made Contact Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prophecy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silent Craftsman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe AJK Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEverland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSodium Haze Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Dystopian For You
Prophet Song: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tender Is the Flesh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wool: Book One of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Handmaid's Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Am Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shift: Book Two of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Who Have Never Known Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good Mothers: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Camp Zero: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Long Walk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dust: Book Three of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silo Series Collection: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lathe Of Heaven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51984 (Original English Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The End of the World Running Club Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Malice: Award-winning epic fantasy inspired by the Iron Age Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sand Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Queen of the Tearling: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Running Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trail of Lightning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deluge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlawed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We: 100th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51984 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Only Living Girl on Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Fifth Column
0 ratings0 reviews