Oxygen Wars

De: Melton Eduardo Cartes

Narrado por: Elliott Life

War has finally become corporate —

This novel focuses on the significant difference between waging a war and winning a war. Technology will make the former an automated function while the latter will remain the responsibility of humans. Automation will make it easier for corporations to direct their will throughout the universe while the price, as usual, will be paid by the pitiful foot soldier.

Angus....

Faraway in a distant future, a desolate dirt planet is home to thousands of human clone soldiers fighting an endless war in fully-mechanized, armored atmosphere suits. Damage sustained to one soldier’s communication system during battle renders him invisible to his comrades. Unrecognizable without his communication chip, Angus is on his own.

Monica....

Injured during battle, Monica is found by Angus buried under debris. Alienated from their fellow soldiers, they are free for the first time in their lives to question the relentless automation that has driven them. As they learn the truth behind the war and their forsaken world, their dormant humanity finally awakens.

©2006, 2018 Melton Eduardo Cartes (P)2021 Melton Eduardo Cartes

Simple meditative story, engrossing

I really enjoyed this story. The narrative is meditative and easy to follow. It’s a story of death and awakening, a story of finding a way back to one’s self, a story of choosing life over endless suffering.

The title is a bit misleading. On a total rascal world far after the end of humanity on Earth as we know it, a human, Angus 7872, covered in a repaired and repaired again space suit begins to tap into memories of a long ago past because of irreparable damage to his radio antenna. The fact that oxygen is missing from the landscape is important insofar as the spacesuits the humans wear, but is inconsequential for Angus 7872’s journey inward - a journey towards freedom.