You have no doubt experienced those many feelings deep inside that a really good movie churns up. You feel for the characters, you relate to them, reach out to them. Every step of the way you find yourself cheering them on, yearning for them to achieve their goals, to be the people they're working to be, and to succeed in what started out as an impossible quest. But most of all, every word you read is real. Every event is true, it's actually happening; it's not just believable or realistic, but you find yourself living in this world, savoring memories of events and of friends you know you will never forget... This is just such a story. It will grip you from beginning to end, play with your feelings, keep you hanging in suspense. But most of all, it will become as real to you as it has to its author. The impossible quest that this unlikely group of friends embark upon will prove to be as moving and inspiring a story as you will ever read... This is a story of unfailing tenacity and courage in the face of impossible odds. It tells the tale of an unlikely group of friends who live in a post-war world of amazing technology, untold wealth, and apparent beneficence. But there is a problem with this world. Somehow none of its inhabitants seems to be aware that they live under a protective shield in a vast area of the open terrain of a once beautiful earth. Nick West begins to see images, waking dreams, of places and events he has never witnessed in his life. His view of the authorities, of his environment, of his life, begins to change. The ruling Administration that built the shield starts to appear threatening. Its citizens are unaware of the nature of their existence, and of their government; they passively indulge in every government program and activity. Nick assembles a team of Resistance fighters who develop their unique abilities. Together they work to uncover the terrible truth about the powerful government that labors so hard to keep its subjects imprisoned under the shield...