Norma Sue felt safe. Charlie drowned in the pond. The whole village saw him go under. Then the coroner reports Charlie's body is missing. Norma Sue sees Charlie riding a motorcycle. Her secret lover calls on his Italian family in Chicago for help.
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.
Just as life during the pandemic was color-coded with different hues representing different levels of danger, life in its aftermath has become shaded in similar ways. As a self-styled “Seeker of Beauty with Beauty,” (borrowing from a quote by W.E.B.
