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Category:
Science Fiction
ISBN-10: 1105258122
Type: Fiction
Pages: 216
Copyright: Nov 2011
ISBN-13: 9781105258121
Price: $4.99 (eBook)
Welcome to the Bunker, an orderly, underground utopia where everyone's needs have been satisfied.
"Psst! Why don't you take a break for a few stretches, citizen. Your supervisor won't notice.
"Haven't heard of Terry Renfield, eh? Maybe you should take this book. Maybe you should read it. Because there's a lot more going on down here than you're probably aware. Terry Renfield knows. He broke through the cheap web of lies. I can show you how he did it. Or does the truth scare you too much?
"Control runs this place. It's staffed by Alpha clearance citizens, the brightest and the most trustworthy. They've been tasked with protecting the environment. Otherwise we might destroy this wholesome dreamland of ours like the earthlings did to their home. Control protects us from all the terrorists, too. Traitors and social deviants are everywhere. We must remain vigilant!
"You think I'm a terrorist. I can see it in your scared, little eyes. You've seen one too many episodes of Ten Things I Hate About Treason hosted by Van Johnson. You're about to tell me to go get dysentery and leave you alone before the security cameras catch us.
"We couldn't live without Control, could we?
"Think again!"
Excerpt
"In the Bunker, you've got to survive. I don't know if God said it or some bloke named Derwin or whoever, but it's a fact of life here. You know it. I know it. None of us is a traitor, but everyone else could be. It's why those goons from Homeland Security are standing by the exit. Even the local commissaries could be targets. Biological, nuclear, electromagnetic - the attack could come from anywhere, anyone, it could be anytime. I'm glad those typhoids in latex and kevlar are there. Even if they scare me. They make me feel safe. Sort of.
"We left the Endurance Community Dining Hall. They didn't scan our I-chips, and the security cameras didn't budge. Everything seemed okay.
"Control isn't really concerned about us grunts. We're the vast majority of people here - but also the most powerless. Those with a security clearance are considered more trustworthy. They've been rewarded with greater access and luxury, but they are also saddled with responsibility.
"Ironic, isn't it? The more privileged they get, the more Control tightens its grip. After all, where am I going to get my hands on a thermonuclear detonator?"
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