Peace in the Wilderness

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In a future Earth sealed under blinding lights, curfew, and constant surveillance, newspaper editor Kerry Donalson is drawn into a dangerous secret by the enigmatic Lew Fallon. What begins as a midnight meeting becomes a race against the Night Police, a hidden rocket project, and a dying scientist who may know too much. In a society where censorship is law and fear passes for order, Kerry is forced to choose between safety and the truth. When Kerry meets Ben Thrusher, the broken former scientist reveals a devastating claim: the long war against the alien Pharigs may be an elaborate hoax. The enemy ships were built on Earth, the atrocities may have been staged, and the fake invasion has helped preserve military control while real progress and freedom were sacrificed. As Kerry, Fallon, and Thrusher try to smuggle the truth into print, official power closes in. Kerry's editorial becomes an act of rebellion, and his arrest and brutal punishment show how far the regime will go to silence dissent. In this tense science-fiction thriller, the search for truth becomes a fight for survival.