The Divided Stories of America: The Blue Sea by J.C. Finnegan

The Blue Sea is the second book in the Divided Stories of America, a series that offers a satirical glimpse at a separated country through a colorful collection of stories and characters.

The USA is dead. In its wake lie four autonomous territories: the Southeast, the Pacific, the Frontier, and the Northeast. The first of these is the region where freedom reigns alongside God. It’s the place brothers Andy and Caleb Calloway call home.

In the aftermath of the National Divorce, Andy is a schizophrenic mired in a swamp, while his brother Caleb is living a charmed life with his wife on the blue seas of Miami. After the siblings meet up on Independence Day, they set sail on a journey that takes them through social media’s virtual world and Florida’s flesh and bones reality.

As the two men work together to accomplish their goals, issues from the past rise to the surface.

Category: Science Fiction – Alternative History

The USA is dead. In its wake lie four autonomous territories: the Southeast, the Pacific, the Frontier, and the Northeast. The last of these is ruled by an authoritarian corporatocracy that uses AI technology, social credit scores, and a central bank digital currency to subjugate the masses. It’s a green forest of greedy creeps and broken beasts. It’s the place Finn Culligan calls home.

In the aftermath of the National Divorce, the present is grim, and the past has been labeled a dangerous conspiracy theory. With truth existing only as a fading memory, Finn struggles to convince his girlfriend of the importance of freedom while holding out hope that it still can be found… somewhere.

As he contemplates an escape from the Northeast, Finn encounters two people from his past who provide evidence that the green forest is darker than he imagined.