
In a restless university auditorium, a charismatic political science professor ignites a firestorm with a scathing tirade against the ruling Humanist Party, accusing it of turning the nation into a soft‑talking oligarchy propped up by secretive goon squads. His impassioned denouncement—broadcast by student reporters and quickly picked up by the national press—exposes a hidden power structure that seemingly controls legislation, education, and even the very language of dissent. As the campus buzzes with debate, the professor’s warning that “the time for action is now” hangs heavy over the lecture hall, hinting at forces far beyond campus politics.
Behind the scenes, the head of Internal Security, a cold and calculating woman named Emily Bogarth, receives the story with alarm. She orders a covert team to silence the outspoken academic, assembling a single, green‑eyed operative to track the professor’s every move. The stage is set for a covert clash between outspoken intellect and an unseen, ruthless bureaucracy.
Language
en
Duration
~21 minutes (20K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-03-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1915–1979
A mid-century science fiction writer with a knack for brisk plotting and human-scale ideas, this California-born author also spent years in advertising and public relations. His stories appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and he later gathered some of his work into collections and novels.
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