Deem—one of the few safe and comfortable places on earth, where a dome will keep you warm and dry, all the energy you could want is on tap, and food is plentiful. There are few rules, and few who want them.
But someone hates Deem, and will stop at nothing to destroy it. Orlando Mott, poet and ex-teacher, whose mother has been killed in a bombing, wants desperately to find the terrorist behind her death. He will place his comfortable life in extreme jeopardy as he investigates the least likely suspect—Spright Mass, feminist entrepreneur, rags-to-riches CEO of Living Light, Deem’s favorite icon of hyper-modernity.
Barry Tomkins is the author of three novels: The Wall (2002); Deem (2006); and Watermen (2009). He earned degrees in English from Cambridge University and Rutgers University. Since 1980, he has worked at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, New Jersey, teaching reading, composition, creative writing, humanities and literature, including science fiction.