WHAT DO FREEDOM, STATE POWER, AND NATIONAL SECURITY LOOK LIKE ONCE THE HUMAN MIND IS REDUCED TO AN ALGORITHM? The dust is still settling in America after the Second Civil War. The country (what's left of it) is a fractured, tribal mess. The Patriot Party rules a patchwork of military districts across 44 remaining states while the American overseas empire slowly crumbles as it faces off against the ascendant and hostile Eurasian Defense Pact...