Follow the true story behind the writing of Ayn Rand's monumental book. Take a look into Rand's background for the ideas and philosophy that inspired and shaped her novel and determine whether America is indeed headed for the disastrous outcome Rand predicted. Includes interviews with eight experts.

Beatrice Pryor lives in a dystopian Chicago, which is divided into five factions devoted to different virtues. On a set day every year, sixteen-year-olds must select which faction they will devote the rest of their lives to. Beatrice must choose between staying with her family and being who she really is. Beatrice also has a secret, one she has been warned can mean death if exposed. Now, Beatrice will be forced to make tough choices that can determine...

In a futuristic world where no one lives past thirty, a member of the Death Squad escapes the city to avoid his own death; a plague resulting from germ warfare threatens the world's population and one man wages war against the carriers of the disease; a cop discovers the ultimate recycling project in an overpopulated futuristic world.

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

"In the dystopian nations of BATTLEWORLD, the mutants of New York City must fight to survive the rule of the Sentinels. At their center is Kate Pryde, a heroine tried and tested by war, and mother of the last mutant ever to be born before the purges of the Mutant Control Act. With revolution in the wind, the X-Men are not a broken team with nothing left to lose, but a desperate family with more at risk than ever before!"--Amazon.com.