H Trope:
uncontrollable plague kills men/women/kids/dogs/bugs
Current Event: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-07/india/30601741_1_multi-drug-resistant-tb-tb-patients-tb-germs
I was inspired
to do a similar post several months ago (http://faithandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/possibly-irritating-essay-christians.html)
on this whole idea of surviving a world-wide plague. Lots and lots of YA lit
has recently looked at the results of teens as the sole survivors of planetary
plague:
GONE (series) by
Michael Grant
SUDDEN
INDEPENDENTS by Ted Hill
GALAHAD (series)
by Dom Teska
UNDER THE NEVER
SKY by Veronica Rossi
WORLD WAR Z by
Max Brooks
ENCLAVE by Anne
Aguirre
So what can you
or I add to it?
How about this:
Fereshteh (angel) Mazandarani has lived in the US her entire life – but has lived
with her parents being harassed during the Iran Hostage Crisis from November
1979 through January 1981 – and long after; to experiencing fierce prejudice
against herself when she was in fourth grade on September 11, 2001 – and long
after. Dain Tungstenshin was born and raised in northern Maine and was
completely unaware of the world growing up. Then he decided to City College in
New York. Shaken to his core, he meets Fereshteh and even though she’s unlike
anyone he’s ever met before, they become friends through a united devotion to
their faiths.
Now the world is
shaken by religious turmoil. Fanatics of every stripe have started to vie for
supremacy. Even religions that once were seen as “peaceful” have resurrected
their darkest sides. Buddhist terrorists hold thousands hostage in Australia
during a soccer championship. Christian fundamentalists flood Indian subways
with poison gas. Muslim fanatics use an ancient nuclear weapon to disintegrate
Paris. Fringe groups of all religions battle in the streets of major cities.
The governments of the world unite at the UN and declare that they have had
enough and will force ALL religious sects into a single philosophy: the Unified
Faith In Humanity.
This of course,
forces the religions underground and finally to unite against the monstrous
Apocalypse Demon. Sides are being chosen.
Fereshteh’s
parents were gentle Muslims and her boyfriend Dain is a social justice aware
Lutheran. Best friends have begun to
polarize as the world stumbles toward the End Times. When Fereshteh discovers
an uncle of hers was a member of the Iranian Taliban early in the 21st
Century; and Dain that a distant relative was convicted and executed for
shooting doctors who performed abortions…they find that they are marked by the
hate mongers on BOTH sides of the conflict.
The newly minted
Corps For A United Humanity approach them because they seem like ideal pawns in
the new world order. The plan is to release a newly enhanced bubonic plague
virus in Beijing, New Delhi and Los Angeles – and blame the fanatic terrorists
for it.
Fereshteh and
Dain, however have different plans when a REAL demon manifests before them. The
Angel of Thaumaturg has a plan it thinks they can work together on that will
counter the Demon of Apocalypse…
Names: ♀ Iran ; ♂ United States
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