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Independence
Two and a half centuries in the future, the United States no longer exists, and daily life for the residents of New England resembles nothing their recent ancestors might have imagined. Physically and politically isolated, citizens of the new sovereign state live in a single, sprawling, highly segregated urban landscape. Centuries old social divisions have now consolidated and dramatically shape where people live, how people work, and most importantly what people consume. Once a harmless idiom, "you are what you eat" is now an incontrovertible doctrine--the key to good health, great influence, and immeasurable power. Few understand this better than Civet Olkin, founder of Bītlogik, New England’s first Gastronomic Relations consultancy.
After Walker Wilson--infamous professional football player and one of Bītlogik’s biggest clients--commits a devastating gustatory mishap, Civet must scramble to save her reputation and her firm. When Civet stumbles onto an explosive chain of secrets connected to Karceral Agriculture, the powerful government-backed farm responsible for feeding the state’s 800 million residents, the Wilson scandal proves to be much more than a professional quagmire. Beset with a crisis of conscience and stalked by those who would go to any lengths to keep secrets silent, Civet must find a way out or be consumed by the food system that holds the state in thrall.
After Walker Wilson--infamous professional football player and one of Bītlogik’s biggest clients--commits a devastating gustatory mishap, Civet must scramble to save her reputation and her firm. When Civet stumbles onto an explosive chain of secrets connected to Karceral Agriculture, the powerful government-backed farm responsible for feeding the state’s 800 million residents, the Wilson scandal proves to be much more than a professional quagmire. Beset with a crisis of conscience and stalked by those who would go to any lengths to keep secrets silent, Civet must find a way out or be consumed by the food system that holds the state in thrall.
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Published February 15, 2017
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J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham
2 books9 followersJ. Nikol Jackson-Beckham is a professor of Communication Studies at Randolph College, She holds degrees from Virginia Tech, San Diego State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of a handful of published short stories and poems, scholarly journal articles, and academic book chapters.
Jackson-Beckham is currently creating a work of serialized speculative fiction called WITHOUT LIGHT. The series is an extension of many of the ideas and concepts that she works with in her academic research. The first installment, Independence Cycle | Part 1 will be published in February 2017.
Her forthcoming monograph The Value of a Pint: American Beer, Cultural Change, and the Stubborn Materiality of Contemporary Capitalism is under contract with the University of Nebraska Press.
Jackson-Beckham is currently creating a work of serialized speculative fiction called WITHOUT LIGHT. The series is an extension of many of the ideas and concepts that she works with in her academic research. The first installment, Independence Cycle | Part 1 will be published in February 2017.
Her forthcoming monograph The Value of a Pint: American Beer, Cultural Change, and the Stubborn Materiality of Contemporary Capitalism is under contract with the University of Nebraska Press.
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