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State
Three students awaken to the State University is a machine which harvests the biochemical biproduct of human misery. Having awakened, their brains can no longer produce the precious Grime, and each is given a new career in the Facilities Maintenance Department, doomed to toil under the supervision of the bumbling and verbose Myke and his cruel assistant Hayla. Shanghaied into service to the misery machine, each takes a different path in the face of the awful truth. But a more frightening secret lurks yet deeper. Will these students rise to their fate, or be crushed in the gears of the machine?
What would you do if you learned that your world is built on human suffering? Probably exactly what you're doing right now.
State explores themes of power, surveillance, deviance, work, and morality. Fans of Gilliam's Brazil, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, and The Matrix will enjoy this work of cosmic-bureaucratic hysterical sci-fi-horror.
What would you do if you learned that your world is built on human suffering? Probably exactly what you're doing right now.
State explores themes of power, surveillance, deviance, work, and morality. Fans of Gilliam's Brazil, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, and The Matrix will enjoy this work of cosmic-bureaucratic hysterical sci-fi-horror.
299 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 8, 2025
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