num_pages: 162
description: A sci-fi novella based on the underground sci-fi film, PURGE by David King.In the 275th parallel universe, people are created by genetic engineering companies and programmed for roles in life. To fail to assume the role you've been created for is to become a Stray and be treated worse than a criminal...which is what happens to 20-year old Layla Thomas when she becomes violently ill and is forced to flee from her sister's upmarket salon on her first day of work as a BDSM mistress-slave.She soon discovers she's been given aversion therapy and addicted to a potentially lethal drug.Behind her predicament is Peta, a chameleon-like hermaphrodite with whom Layla has been having a clandestine affaire. Denied treatment for her drug addiction and thrown out of society, Layla has little choice but to join Peta's band of underground Strays who are trying to overturn the society which oppresses them.But all Layla wants is to return to her rightful role. A battle of will begins, with Peta using every means to crack Layla's programming. But is Peta who and what s/he seems? And what is the terrible secret behind the utopian façade of this merciless society?Outcast has strong descriptions of various BDSM activities so readers who would find such descriptions offensive should stay away.Those with curiosity will find a compelling read set in an all-too-believable world of a future not too far from our own.
language: English
title: Outcast
publisher: DJK Media