Colony of the Unfit

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Colony of the Unfit

by Manfred A. Carter

EN·~1 hours

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Description

In a not‑so‑distant future, Earth’s leaders have chosen exile over cure, sending those deemed “afflicted” to the barren plains of Mars. The red planet is presented as a grim prison, but whispers suggest it hides something the authorities never anticipated. Society outside the exile zones clings to a cold, engineered vision of progress, branding the removed as obstacles to a “better race.”

Into this stark world step John, a gritty reporter, and Hilda, his sharp‑eyed assistant with a prosthetic hand, on a mission to uncover the truth behind the mysterious medical complex that houses the exiled. Their assignment leads them through sterile corridors, past silent wards, and into a confrontation with a white‑haired doctor who guards the colony’s secrets. As they probe the hidden agenda behind the forced silence of the “unfit,” they begin to question whether the exile itself is the true experiment—one that could change the fate of both Mars and the people left behind.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (77K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2020-10-10

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Manfred A. Carter

A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, best remembered for the dystopian story Colony of the Unfit. His surviving bibliography is slim, which gives his work a rare, rediscovered feel for classic SF readers.

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