Babouc's Vision is a riveting dystopian science fiction novel with thought-provoking commentary on society.The year is 2041-- and the gods are angry. While Carissa scours the city garbage for food and pretty things to show her grandfather, Tom and April strive to prove themselves genetically suitable to conceive a child. Luis becomes a man fighting to protect his unborn son from the gangs. Nora sits alone in her dark apartment, old, tired, and ready to die. And Izzy, how did he land in the streets destitute? In the backroom of his appliance repair shop, Harl putters at his workbench unaware the Gods have chosen him to condemn the people of CynCity. Harl's world turns upside-down as his mind explodes with the lives of strangers. Struggling to remain sane, he must somehow prove the city's population deserves to survive.The works of Voltaire (The World as it is) and Dante (The Divine Comedy) inspired this book. As well, many events in the work reflect newspaper reports of criminal, social, environmental, and scientific events happening around the world. The bleak nature of these accounts explains the book's overall dystopian feel, while the hope buried in the stories is gleaned from human perseverance.
