The Marsh People
M. Valentine Williams
In the battle between the authoritarian, all powerful State and its imprisoned slaves, whose lives are controlled by The Masters, there are few winners.
People have been rounded up from the villages by ferocious dogs under the control of The Masters and forced to live and work in decaying, inhuman cities. Provided with basic food and shelter, they have little else, but like automatons rarely do they rebel.
Scummo and Keplin do escape. The pair supported one another as they travel through the marshy, giant eel-infested lands around the estuary, eventually meeting others who are living as outsiders. Life is uncomfortable and unpredictable, but they realise how precious freedom is; they have to learn about co-operation and compassion and must fight for their survival at times when rival groups try and take over.
All the while The Masters watch.
A dystopian novel pitting outsiders against inhuman tyrants and their servants.
Who will win?
