Beyond the Great Wall - Paperback
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2290- In a future world where people can buy and sell intelligence, citizens are each allocated 100 1.Q. points at birth. When they turn sixteen they can make a choice either to remain as 100s and be cared for by the state, or they can gamble with their intelligence. Those who succeed become high I.Q.s and enjoy all of the benefits this brings; those who fail lead squalid lives and some eventually become I.Q. 30 glidiots, battling in the Glidiot Games in a pop-up maze where they kill one another for I.Q. points and for public amusement.
100s are not taught to read or write and believe that Corporate City is the last city remaining on Earth after an earlier war.
The city is surrounded by The Great Wall - a ten storey construction that encircles the metropolis and separates it from the nuclear Wasteland beyond.
Joseph and his typical 100 family are attending the Glidiot Games, when he recognises the winner of the night. Having been haunted by nightmares involving this man, Joseph abandons his usual 100 caution to find out how their lives are connected.
Together, they go beyond the Great Wall.
Mark lives in Bowen Mountain, Sydney Australia. He has a wife, Jo-Anne, and two children, Elliot and Imogen.
He writes novels, plays and songs. This novel is the first in The DNA Trilogy and part of a six-part series, the second trilogy of which is titled: The I.Q. Trilogy. All these novels will be released in the near future.
He has taught English and Drama in NSW public high schools for 42 years and now he has finished teaching he is giving more attention to his creative endeavours. He has podcasts and lots of other songs and writings at: markclark.com.au
He has narrated all of his novels and these audiobooks will be available as the books are released.
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