Louis Cruz Jr
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This Fractured Nation Book 1
Chapter One Mt. Rainier looms large on the horizon, a snow-capped sentinel on watch. Tendrils of the burgeoning Mt. Rainier Metropolis, encompassing the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Yakima, inch up the mountain's base in places. New residential sub-divisions, high-tech science labs, and powerful observatories have been popping up all around the mountain and extending out to the neighboring cities, creating a vast, sprawling metropolis. The new mag-lev railway track intricately threads its way up the mountain before burrowing into a tunnel set to guide it through to the other side. From this distance, it resembles a long strand of hair, the tunnel its follicle. The high-speed rail, operational only for a few years, has already transformed the region dramatically. Yakima, previously a full day's journey from Seattle, is now merely an hour away, the same as Tacoma. The two port cities funnel goods into Yakima for distribution across the northern half of the Pacific Republic and First Nations. These ports are rivaled only by the grand Port of Los Angeles, serving the country's southern half.
By Louis Cruz Jr2 years ago in Fiction
This Fractured Nation Book 1
Prologue Biloxi, Mississippi September 2, 1945 Hurricane Victoria slams into the Gulf Coast. Thus far, she’s the strongest of the dozen or so storms that have ravaged the Confederate South this year. Lighting flashes, rippling across the clouds, riding a wave of rumbling thunder as rain pours in sideways sheets, driven by impossible winds that uproot trees and tear rooftops from buildings like they were made of paper. In the industrial harbor of Biloxi, where Confederate ship contractors construct Nazi submarines, the storm is taking its toll.
By Louis Cruz Jr3 years ago in Fiction
