KBHolsinger

The Aurigan Solution combines the fast pace of hard-core science fiction with the complexity of political intrigue, and its focus is the historical framework of the future in which it is set.  The story chronicles a specific set of incidents that leads directly to the downfall of Humanity’s first star-spanning government - the so-called Luna Republic.
When the alien war had finally ended, a great sense of relief and optimism characterized the mood of the Human Stellar Network.  But this optimism soon gave way to disillusionment when the great oligarchs who sat in control of the Luna government did nothing to alleviate the senseless quotas and trade restrictions and, of course, burdensome taxes.  Agitation soon began.  It needed only a situation of suitable volatility to set in motion the changes that must take place.
There are moments in time around which history often swings; this story is about a few of them.
Violence / Profanity / Mild Sexual Content / 13+
The Aurigan Solution is created by KBHolsinger, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

The Aurigan Solution

Two men stood on the floor of the Parliament.  The building wasn't very grand, but it was new, having been built in the first delirious months following the Declaration of Independence.  They were both old and powerful political leaders.  One was the party chairman of the United Separatist Front, which held a majority of the seats in the powerless provisional government.  The other was the president of the Merchanters Free Trade Union.  Their names were Peter Andropolis and Nicholas Sims respectively, both were pragmatic men of action, though this information is quite incidental since events were rapidly spinning beyond their control.  Andropolis represented the major industrialists and landowners, and most of the populations on fourteen of the fifteen worlds of Auriga.  Sims represented the crews of some two thousand antiquated freighters and supply ships that plied the Aurigan lanes.  Both were frustrated and impotent in the face of the mounting violence.


Chapter 11: Broken Facade