Seven Themes of 2077 AD

1.      A fanatic attempts to sabotage the Global Federation’s mission  to blow up an approaching asteroid on course to destroy the Earth, having decided the human race deserves to die.

2.      Terror attacks on civilians are prevented by the Knights of Peace employing non-violent marshall arts and deception technology.

3.      £xplosives and weaponry world wide are targeted for non-violent destruction using novel methods (e.g. explosives eating bacteria).

4.      A popular musician renounces atheism after an epiphany and starts a new Christian monasticism which spreads over Earth and then to Mars.

5.      ‘Dominophiles’ seeking to persuade others to commit violence are ‘impounded’  and spiritually reformed over 6 months, then released whatever the outcome.

6.      A love quadrangle develops  between the 4 main characters and new social structures based on biblical principles.

7.      Removal of orbital debris using scoopships and plastic waste in the ocean systematically removed using roboship.

Gotham Books

November 2022