Genesis
By: Bernard Beckett
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781847247230
Subjects: Utopias; World history; Humanity; Fiction
Description: In a terrifying and stifling examination environment a young Academy candidate, Anaximander, is put through a gruelling exercise in interpreting the history and origins of her society. Through her answers, we learn that in 2052, New Zealand has been renamed The Republic after a reforming Governor, Plato. It has separated itself from a plague-ridden globe with a gargantuan ring fence guarded with military outposts.