FUTURE TENSE

Imagine a world of the future. A perfect world. A world of peace and prosperity. A world with a government that truly is 'of the people, by the people, for the people.' A world of everyone's dreams...or at least so it seems. What nobody seems to remember is that dreams can be nightmares, too.

Once upon a time, the world faced what they considered the FINAL 'War to End All Wars'...and survived. In the peaceful times that followed, as time went by, as time is wont to do, everyone remembered how peaceful their world was. What they forgot was what they needed to endure to get that peace...to earn that peace.

Now, as 2292 rapidly approaches it's end, a young man and his girlfriend are discovering the joys of their first love. Their families are reveling in the joys of their happy, peaceful existences. Their government is approaching a gala celebration of 250 years of peace. Unfortunately, nobody has a clue that they're about to discover how wrong they really are about everything.

Sometimes people let themselves get so focused on the wonders of their present that they fail to remember the horrors of their pasts. Even so, whether they've learned from their pasts or not...an unavoidable future is looming on the horizon.

Yes, the future of everyone's dreams is about to be transformed into the nightmares of their present. No...no matter what they think...no matter what they want...no matter what they say...no matter what they do...one unexpected, unavoidable lesson will need to be relearned, all over again. Very soon, it's going to become shockingly obvious to them all.

They say that those who fail to learn from their past are doomed to repeat it. It's also true that those who have are doomed to sit idly by watching everybody else repeat it. Their futures are about to become very tense...and a lesson long forgotten is about to be relearned...and at a terrible cost.