What is it like to die and be brought back to life fifty years later? To suddenly find yourself in a world without freedom of speech or expression — essentially, without freedom of thought? A world without alcohol, sports, or gender? A world where marriage and sex are arranged by algorithm and under strict surveillance? A world where health is an obligation and eating meat is a crime? A world where people don’t choose their professions, work from home almost 24 hours a day, and never go on vacation? A world where social media is your identity and has replaced the courts? A world where, in the name of progress and equality, love, humor, and any form of art are forbidden; everyone is the same in the name of diversity, and science is treated like a religion? A world where history is constantly rewritten to demonize dissenters and external enemies? A world where everything is censored and there is only one “correct” opinion — that of the regime?
Trotzan is a novel about the dystopian future that awaits us. Or perhaps about something we are already living.
PATAKIS, 2023, 368P.
