Moraine

<p>Mai and Ming Preuss are finders. Mai rides a Harley and Ming makes scrapbooks. They survive in the Chicago Territories after decades of a nation-wide economic environmental and social collapse what is now called the New Normal.</p><p></p><p> An old teacher from Chicago asks Mai to assist in solving a kidnapping case that affects the present and future of Moraine a cultural Protectorate in Southeastern Wisconsin founded by the infamous industrial designer Nathaniel Spaulding. Moraine is one of a small group of protectorates designated to preserve and enhance knowledge and culture as cities and regions implode and overall population declines. Its future is in question because of a conspiracy of political military and environmental leaders to redistribute the U.S. population to the east and west coasts and supposedly mitigate further environmental decline. </p><p></p><p> Solving the kidnapping draws Mai and Ming into a web of deceit in Moraine and beyond and puts them at risk of losing everything as their finding transforms into a more ambitious and dangerous quest.</p>