We Are Strong But We Are Fragile

Samuel II mayor of Citadel a Blue Ridge Mountain enclave is determined to end the citys wars with devolved tribal society Freedomland. He sends troubled but insightful city archivist Jakob History to a bartering meet-up hoping an interview with tribal leader Abraham Trapper might help further peaceful relations. Instead the encounter leads Jakob to reexamine Americas past to a danger-filled glimpse of Abrahams tribal life and to a final fateful encounter with Abraham these revealing human strengths and weaknesses that are at the basis of civilization itself. 2090 A.D. - The America nation has collapsed and its remnants have been at war for a half-century. Samuel II mayor of Citadel a Blue Ridge Mountain enclave is determined to end the citys wars with a devolved tribal society called Freedomland. He sends troubled but insightful city archivist Jakob History to a bartering meet-up hoping an interview with tribal leader Abraham Trapper might help further peaceful relations. Instead the encounter leads Jakob to reexamine Americas past. Soon Jonathan Jakobs mentor exposes the archivist to a surprising link with Abraham which seems to set Jakob at odds with Citadel. But when Samuel leads Jakob to a danger-filled glimpse of Abrahams tribal life the archivists preconceptions of both cultures comes crashing down. Finally a last fateful encounter between Jakob and Abraham lays bare human strengths and weaknesses that are at the basis of civilization itself.