The records and experiences of citizens of the Eden II Colony: humanity’s first attempt of establishing a New Earth. Corruption and inequality haunt the newly populated planet, rocking in the wake of the Robotic Emancipation, a struggle for alien rights, and a failing economy rapidly separating the rich and the poor. Cephas, a teenager, leaves his family on Earth and indentures himself for citizenship on the Eden II Colony only to discover that upward momentum is nigh impossible and his family’s dreams of him becoming a free citizen will never happen. Against his family’s wishes and under the ever watchful eye of the colony government, he joins a growing revolutionary movement and bonds with Increase, a compassionate robot who believes Love is the greatest gift of all, and Ghazal, a half-alien playwright who writes for the underrepresented public. Cephas, Increase, and Ghazal record their experiences and the universal struggle for a better world.
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