An Underground Jewell

Sylvia L Ramsey

• 07 maart 2009
• 9781439228524

Samenvatting:

Due to participating in a life extension experiment that subsequently combined with the leftover virus from a childhood bout of polio, Elizabeth Jewell is the only human to have vastly outlived her generation. The year is 2036 and she has a unique perspective on the effects of 9/11 on our society. The government agencies have complete access and control of all data, including the details of the publics' personal lives, and this does not sit well with her. These agencies have subtly modified messages and the use of language to mask these details. Classic books have been re-written to eliminate words that considered offensive, and all areas of our society have been changing words for years to shape and mold public perception of their world. Elizabeth has watched these manipulations over her lifetime, and knows very well how words controls thought, perception and reality. Elizabeth writes an allegorical story to warn people, but when she uploads the story into the central library database, she triggers an alarm that tags her as a cyber-terrorist. Suddenly, she finds herself being investigated by the CIA, and being accused of a cyber-crime. This accusation launches her quest to prove her innocence, and in the end finds herself caught up in more intrigue that she had ever imagined possible.The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.~ Philip K. Dick 1928-1982