It’s 2028, seven
years after introduction of the Portals System, and the world is
on the brink of all-out war. Now known as Adam 21, the Portals
technology offers the ability to look back in time and view any
event in history from any angle. As a result, new animosities
have been unleashed worldwide, based on old ethnic wounds and
past aggressions.
A Mile North of Good and Evil
opens as the turmoil becomes explosive. Bold, creative action is
called for.
Convening in Alaska, a group of strategists
consider innovative and unprecedented ways to calm global
tensions. At the same time, a brazen serial killer with
ambitions of unequaled notoriety works his way north, and a
retired detective gathers clues on the killer’s trail with the
help of his gifted niece. Operating from America’s heartland, an
influential religious leader objects to the power of Adam 21 and
seeks to subvert it. In a world mad with contempt and hatred,
domestic dogs tangle with wolves, and vengeance consumes the
minds of those who feel wronged. As these players and their
stories converge at a remote location in Alaska, the entire
world reacts to living in the shadow of doomsday.
A
Mile North of Good and Evil
contrasts the brutality of man-to-man combat, wolf attacks, and
merciless homicides against thoughtful examination of the
existential questions facing the story’s characters. Pondering
their own mortality while exploring the nature of good and evil,
they come to the profound realization that time is the greatest
serial killer in the cosmos and that human life has meaning only
so long as it is remembered.
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