During the Second Civil War, a new U.S. political party called the Family Protection Movement established The Divide, which separates Normal people from those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Seventeen-year old Serenity Blackwater lives in the normal Midwestern town of Mapleville, but she is not normal. She hacks into an illegal gay chat room and meets Dawn, a lesbian who lives in a gay community less than a mile away. Serenity discovers normal people can bribe their way inside the walls and decides to go, both to meet Dawn and check out what may be her future home. Dawn is even more beautiful than Serenity hoped, and the two soon become a couple. But Serenity only has a few months before she must take the Normal Verification Test, and then she’ll be separated from her family forever. So she joins the Human Equality Organization, an underground group working to end The Divide. Dawn thinks the rebellion is too dangerous, and since Dawn’s ex-girlfriend Malaki is also a member, Serenity doesn’t tell Dawn about her involvement. Serenity reveals to the HEO that her parents are leading a campaign to organize attacks on all Gay Communities. With her help, the HEO creates Project Jericho, in which all Gay Communities walls will implode at once. But after too many delays, and when Dawn discovers Serenity has been spending more time with Malaki than her, Serenity knows she has to start the revolution herself. She heads to D.C. to contact a group of senators secretly against The Divide ... or straight into a trap set by the Family Protection Movement.

Uprising

“It’s all right, Serenity,” Sol said. “We’re going to discuss more of our tactics in the coming days. I think it’s best we have daily meetings until Friday. The Mayor and her council will be in charge of working out an evacuation plan, as well as organizing movement to the war bunkers. But first, Serenity, can you tell us about the intel you gathered this week?”


Sweat popped out on my face as I stood and cleared my throat. “I found out that my parents are two of the main people involved in the campaign to destroy Project Politician Persuasion. They’re getting ready to visit several Midwestern towns, especially the guard outposts, to prove that adding to the Commercial Passes is somehow part of the gay agenda to wreak havoc upon the nation. My parents are going to suggest some of the communities should be attacked. I have access to their web site, and I can get any information you want on what they’re planning.”


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