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Babylon Working: A Dystopian Horror
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 4 2025
Pages: 372
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What happens if you cross Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four and Heller's Catch 22 with the horror tones of Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft...?
The year is 2066. Fascism grips the West, as the world is embroiled in a perpetual war.The authoritarian Union, a white supremacist totalitarian dictatorship that spans from America to western Europe, uses the Global Defence Authority army as a replacement for the old United Nations. Together with strong ally Russia, it sends endless lines of troops, male and female, to fight . The enemy is the African Islamic League, commonly referred to in the Union as The Terrorists, a quasi-Caliphate that spans much of Africa and the Middle East.
Now, on the front line in the Egyptian desert something very strange is happening...
2066. In London society is downtrodden and lost. Britain is run by neo-Fascist party the B.F.P. and is under the firm control of aging Prime Minster Mark Collins.
Seventeen year old Aaron Styles is a black kid in a society where having anything but white skin severely impacts your life choices. Run down ghettos, known as Estates, are the common symbol of racial divide, but Aaron has been brought up in secrecy away from the notorious Hackney Estate by elderly guardian Doctor Andrew Forrester, an 82 year old middle class white historian.
The Doctor's life has been one of regrets and inaction against the murderous political thugs that have taken society over, and now he is left devastated by Aaron's decision to do his bit and join the Global Defence Authority forces.
Together with his life long friend and ex-resistance fighter Shirley Barnes, the Doctor decides he's going to do something about it.
In Egypt, the war rages on. Twenty-three year old Californian Jake Kochowski, a Corporal in the Global Defence Authority Marine infantry, finds himself at the heart of a horrifying supernatural event, involving ancient gods, demons and monsters that will change the world, and its warring occupants, forever.
Using the distinct voices of Aaron Styles, Doctor Forrester and Lieutenant Kochowski, Babylon Working is a dystopian dark fantasy sci-fi horror, with a contemporary take on themes explored by works such as Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four and Heller's Catch 22 with the horror tones of H. P. Lovecraft and a strong dose of the postmodern visionary genius of George A. Romero and Robert Kirkman.
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