Capital 4 has solved every human problem. Ziyue is one of the problems left.
In the best possible world, nobody starves, nobody gets hurt, and nobody touches another person’s hand without the proper form. Everything is regulated into perfect harmony, at any cost.
Ziyue has tried everything to break free, even ending her own cycle. The Algorithm brought her back to life. Her death had not been approved.
When her latest act of noncompliance goes too far, she is expelled beyond the protective dome with Emily, a relentless note-taker; Cesare, a disgraced guard dog; and Rossum, a compliance robot that obeys far too well.
No one returns from Savage Nature. Not because it is empty, but because it is full of civilizations.
They search for shelter: a place to rest, hide, and exist as they are. Instead, they find strength as law, rhythm as faith, freedom without brakes, and stranger certainties waiting to be obeyed.
Survival turns into something harder: finding a place where no one will correct, classify, or tame them.
Nature Against is a darkly satirical dystopian novella with original illustrations, for readers who like speculative fiction strange, sharp, and unsettling.
