The Equalised
In a world where everyone is equal, the greatest crime is standing out.
- Science Fiction
- Young Adult
- Literary Fiction
The year is 2144, and humanity is clinging to a thin strip of land known as the Equator. Managed by the ruthless Ministry of Balance, every citizen wears a uniform white Equity Suit and lives under the constant watch of biometric sensors. In this society, 'Equalization' is the law, and any deviation from the social mean is a threat to survival. Mara Solis is a seventeen-year-old data analyst whose job is to hunt for those deviations. She has always believed the Ministry’s warnings that the rest of the world is a frozen, uninhabitable wasteland. But her world shatters when she discovers a living person—Kiran Veda—who has survived in the supposed dead zones. Kiran is proof that the Ministry’s narrative is a lie, and that the equality they preach is merely a mask for a brutal hierarchy. To protect Kiran and her ailing friend Pip, Mara must navigate a city where every wall has ears and every sensor is a spy. As she uncovers the truth about the planet’s climate, she realizes that a flat line isn't peace—it’s death. Now, Mara must choose between the security of the status quo and the dangerous beauty of an unbalanced world. One choice will save her life; the other could dismantle an empire.