Cold Red Veil
Carlos Ramirez
Paperback
(Independently published, July 25, 2020)
The action takes place 160 years after the establishment of the Equality regime in a futuristic country very similar to the Soviet Union, only to escape collapse. The main characters are a young woman and her friends on the brink of "coming of age" and "mating," who live in glass blocks along with thousands of other people like them, under the supervision of the System and the All-Eye. He sees, but in view of his youth and ardor, unwilling to obey the prohibitions of the Charter and trying to avoid punishment for his violations. Historical events take place around, but inside the heroes still greater passions boil: love, growth, independent life. First person narration. Dystopia."Love is a jump into the water with your head. So it always seemed to me. When you are captured as if you were deep and you feel only one thing: emotions. Fear. Fear of losing. The desire to hold on and not let go. And I'm ready for anything. " Even stay there forever, in the depths. If this is the last breath of oxygen. Give it to the person you love. If only I emerged and lived on. And breathe. Ready to sacrifice ...