Bibliograph

A cry in the desert, Jed A. Bryan

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A cry in the desert, Jed A. Bryan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A cry in the desert

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jed A. Bryan

Summary

A story of the battle against tyranny that remains as relevant now as when it was written. A group of friends living in Las Vegas are happy and successful: doctors, lawyers, journalists, and decorators. However, their lives go from utopian to dystopian when a law passes to allow the quarantine of those suspected to have AIDS. The government, in a blatant overreach, closes the Nevada border. Those tagged as homosexuals disappear in the middle of the night. Spurred on, former Public Defender wunderkind Larry Armstrong and his lover Dr. Carl Woodsford fight Dr. Alfred Botts, a brilliant strategist who creates a concentration camp in the middle of the Nevada desert where, once behind the tall walls, people are never seen again. They fight him in the halls of hospitals and in the halls of justice but are constantly outmaneuvered by others in high places that are loyal to Botts or being blackmailed into supporting him. As more and more of their friends are snatched in the night, their fight must go underground if they have any hope to stop Botts! Originally published in 1987, this dystopian tale returns for the first time in a generation. This new edition contains a 2020 foreword by the author

Target audience

adult

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