Fugitives in a New United States

<p>America 2031: The experiment has failed.</p><p></p><p>A theocratic coup has transformed the United States into an authoritarian state. White Christian nationalists control the government. Millions of non-white citizens have been forced into labor camps or driven into exile. The Constitution is void. The economy is collapsing. And the country that once promised freedom now hunts anyone who remembers what that word meant.</p><p></p><p>Dr. James Naismith is a ghost in this new America. Pakistani-American Muslim and on the run with a bounty on his head James practices medicine illegally for the underground resistance and those on the run treating fugitives rebels and anyone the regime has designated undesirable in this new country. His medical kit is contraband. His patients are criminals. His survival depends on staying invisible.</p><p></p><p>But Dr. James isn't running to save himself. His two younger sisters have been incarcerated in a labor camp and every mile he travels brings him closer to a choice: keep running or risk everything to escape with his sisters.</p><p></p><p>In the mountains of upstate New York an unexpected reunion changes everything. Deanna a woman from his past offers him more than shelter. She has connections survival skills and some military training. With her skills and knowledge they escape across upper New England towards a safe haven through dangerous territory in the fractured nation igniting a simmering romance along the way.</p><p></p><p>Together they navigate a landscape of betrayal and surveillance where allies can become enemies and every decision has fatal consequences. The secret police are hunting them. The resistance network is fracturing. And the journey to safety may cost James more than his freedom; it may cost him the chance to save his sisters.</p><p></p><p>A powerful vision of democracy's collapse and one man's fight for family faith and a future worth living.</p><p></p><p>The Future United States Book 1</p><p>The rescue mission begins in Book 2: The Camps</p>