"It's 2048 and America has just elected its first teenage president! Oregon teen Beth Ross has just been elected President of the United States of America. Age restrictions were abolished when corporations gained the right to run for office. Elections are now held on social media, and after a corndog accident makes Beth Ross go viral, a nation is shocked to wake up and find that "Corndog Girl" has just become their new president. The eyes of the world...

"The explosive aftermath of their shocking discovery has pushed the now-renegade team of captain Grix and acolyte Vess to the furthest reaches of their solar system. They're all alone... but not for long. And when their crew encounters a group of ruthless spacefaring privateers, they might not be safe for long either"--

2051. The world's largest company, The Company, has seized power on a planetary scale and runs the world as if it were a business. In a plutocracy, the richer one is, the more powerful one is. In this context, an anonymous citizen becomes compelled to uncover how the world came to this situation, without paying any attention to the official version. Several members of the government end up encouraging him to carry out this investigation by giving...