Royals like Dora d'Arc manage the human herd; they don't fall in love with rebels like Caellum Nichols that face execution for challenging imperial reign.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Science/Fantasy Fiction BRONZE MEDAL: Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2021 - Visionary Fiction FINALIST: American Book Fest - Best Book Awards - Visionary Fiction The Imperial Governor wrestles with worries about dangers that lurk in the Zone of Destruction, demands from his off-world reptilian handler, approaching famine, and the urgency to inject the restless population with docility-inducing nanites. Dora holds a secret meeting with citizens and weds Rolf Scholtz. Meanwhile, Caellum escapes prison, a van loaded with vials of nanites appears at a local school to inject the children, and a stranger approaches from the ZD. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a compelling speculative/visionary tale, with post-apocalyptic elements, to bring the past full circle into the future, in this second book in the "New Earth Chronicles" series.