Ian

"Follow me." "The barefoot stranger moved on to the simple asphalt road and began walking. An immense feeling of relief swept over Berdin. The stranger was gone, those haunting eyes were gone. He would go home to his new dull couch and watch "Cannibal Run" and forget all his troubles. He could forget he ever saw the stranger. He... he turned and hurried after the barefoot man." "In a future built on the motto, "fences and bars make men free to rebel," fences and bars-and even chains- are in abundance. humanity, guided by an artificial Intelligence system called the Evoluntionary Quantum Leap (EQL), fences itself in 12 communities, completely shutting out the international Wilderness. Men and women cast off all responsibility and live for themselves." "Utopia? Well, the EQL and its mouthpiece, Our Benevolent Liberator make it sound that way. But one regular citizen, Berdin Dwate, isn't so sure. His suspicions are confirmed by a barefoot stranger who claims to be from the International Wilderness and whose first words to Berdin are, "Follow me." In spite of himself, Berdin follows-and freedom takes on a whole new meaning..."