PART TWO: THE ALTERED REVOLUTION

I have fought too many battles to remember. Killed so many men I can't picture their faces anymore. I could tell you what I had for breakfast last week, or the week before. It's the only meal we get these days.

-American soldier, January 3rd, 2068 CE

LISHA HURRIED CADE through the hospital's double doors. Two old men sat in the corner of the lobby, one with his arm in a sling. A tired-looking mother played games on a datapad with ...