R K Raker

Sealand 1001 R K Raker

Publisher Marketing: One hundred and seventy years in the future, humans have survived global warming but are still facing the problem of overpopulation. The Free Sealand organization offers an economically and politically viable solution to this problem: floating city-nations. Environmentally however, the cities pose a great danger to the health of the oceans. An eco-terrorist group known as the Ocean Peace Resistance and militant members of the World Council of Cetaceans work together to stop the development of Sealand cities. World tension mounts and violence increases as the floating cities continue to proliferate and place the oceans in grave peril. Dolphins, whales and humans must find a way to work together to avoid another global climate disaster. "Sealand 1001" is the newest city to be launched by Free Sealand and targeted by OPR. The planning and execution of an attack on the city is told through the exploits of two of the terrorists, Jackie, an aquaculture expert, and Daniel, a former US Marine working undercover as a commercial fisherman out of Honolulu, Hawaii. We also follow their dolphin counterparts, Power-flukes and Long-breath, as they join the dolphin Rangers and play pivotal roles in the attack. Free Sealand's perspective unfolds through the eyes of the governor of the city and Rory, an anti-terrorist expert working for the Free Sealand security forces. The story is fast-paced and gives the author's view of the future with a plausible blend of science and fantasy. The struggle between human civilization's careless exploitation of the earth's resources and nature's need for balance is a central theme. The author's positive bias leaves the reader with the hope that a final equilibrium can be reached.