BY THE PEOPLE

Earth 2090: At the end a twenty-five year odyssey including a decade long journey that covered five hundred million miles Frank Gilbert reaches Earth after being stranded alone many years ago when he was 10 years old orbiting a distant moon. He is thrilled with what he finds fresh clean air an abundance of food and water a disease-free population and prevailing peace in the democratic nation states. Has human society finally attained utopia?. While touring Earth with Caress Sumner World Network News (WNN) space and science reporter Frank learns that this beautiful Garden of Eden is a façade masking a society where people are chattel grown like crops in a top-down class driven society ruled from behind-the-scenes by a dictator Alexander MacFarland Dunham. Although most people have neither heard of nor seen Dunham nothing happens on Earth without his knowledge or approval. “How could this have happened” Frank agonizes? He doesn't like this crazy upside down world and he has to try to restore the society on Earth to one driven By The People. But how? Can he trust the enigmatic astonishingly beautiful reporter Caress Sumner? What is the story behind the exotic fiery Elsa Chen? Should he join with a self-effacing old man Clay Webster to depose the dictator?Frank's arrival stimulates Dunham to take action on realizing his lifelong dream of becoming the acknowledged ruler of the world having learned through surreptitious evaluation that Frank is exceptionally talented and has a unique DNA. He cannot let Frank or his spaceship New Horizon a treasure trove of advanced technology fall into the hands of an opposition party. He plans to use Frank because of his unique DNA in raising the ruling class to new heights of excellence with or without Frank’s approval.Will Alexander MacFarland Dunham obtain Frank’s help and succeed in becoming the acknowledged leader of the world or will Frank Gilbert prevail in creating a society driven By The People?. By The People is one of a multitude of stories that could be written about life on Earth at the end of the 21st century. Could this story be a harbinger of the future? You decide. If By The People portends the future and if you don't like what's in store just remember our tomorrows depend on what we do today. If however you do like the offing the same truism applies. Our tomorrows depend on what we do today. HG Robb.