I'm putting this project aside for a while: I'm currently working on a play (or a narrative poem ala Beowulf) called the "Last Flower", which I will publish in my Short Stories section. I will continue working on the Prewriting for "Metropolis" and make sure I budget time for it, but I won't have web installments for a while.
A massive metropolis, the City of Rolek is the center of commerce and law for the entire region shown in the crude map above. Run by the Government Agencies described below, corruption and discontent is rising to feverish pitch. War could spill over, destroying everything in it's path...can an elite group stop the fascist revolution about to unfold, while fighting against the corruption feeding it? This really isn't a very good plot synopsis...I don't want to give away the intricasies of the storyline...
Government Agencies:
The Bureau of Territorial Affairs--This agency is in charge of the areas surrounding Rolek. Unfortunately, little regulation is imposed on the so-called "Overseers" and BTA territories soon become concentration camps for Rolek political prisoners. The Internal Security Agency--With military links, this is a mean equivalent to the CIA...a puppet bureau of a secret government hierarchy...rumors suggest that the ISA has been corrupt and has it's own secret agenda Rolek Police Force--Probably divided...controlling factors by the ISA have led to corruption within the force...a possible internal power struggle could begin given a large enough vacumn of power. This a simple overview of the novel, I'm writing...I hope to have Chapter One done soon...I will start posting it then.