Welcome to the corporate state: a terrifying look at a future where people are dependent on fascist, totalitarian corporations for everything.

Metaphor (mĕt′ə-fôr″) noun: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison. This is not a typical dystopian political tale about a fictional land in a distant time. It has more relevance to today than most readers fully realize.

The America, Inc. Saga is built on the premise that corporations rose to power after misguided policies and fiscal mismanagement led to a global economic collapse that brought the world to its knees. Eager to accept a “return to normal,” people embraced their new overlords and traded their citizenship for an employee identification card. The corporations restored order, and ended poverty, homelessness, and war. They just took every ounce of personal freedom to do it.

Not everyone was on board with these changes. In corporations around the world, vibrant undergrounds formed. In America Incorporated, they are called “urches,” and a violent group of them is fighting back. Liberteum has been named a terrorist group bent on ushering in a world of anarchy. Or is that their intent?

One kid thinks he knows. Rykos, a registrant on track to finish his studies and attend an Ivy League school to take his place among corporate managers, is about to learn differently. He has a front-row seat when Liberteum launches their plan to destroy Intercorpex, the world’s lone stock exchange. The saga follows his journey as he learns his apprehensions about society are well-founded.

Some readers may think this world is a utopia. Others will think it’s a dystopia. That divergence in perception is what makes this saga so compelling – the journey will challenge your biases and your view of modern society. Is Alexa a helpful home assistant, or could it morph into the Maester system that reports your every activity to authorities? Do our leaders serve us, or is their true function only to serve the system? If freedom is something to be cherished, why don’t more people stand and fight for it?

Six novels are planned for the America, Inc. Saga, with several prequels anticipated to explain some of the backstories of the collapse of governments and the rise of corporations.