Books tagged: theocracy

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Central Heat    by David Dvorkin
Price: $3.99 USD. 109580 words. Published on May 5, 2010. .

When aliens remove the sun, life survives in military bunkers under the earth and in lunar bases. Underground America devolves into a religious-military dictatorship. Jonathan Holroyd escapes to the surface and finds a new world warmed by an artificial sun, and only slightly more freedom than in the dying world he left behind. He rises to a position of power. But now the aliens are coming back.
Forge of Stones    by Vasileios Kalampakas
Price: Free! 152400 words. Published on April 2, 2011. .

In a world dominated by a theocratic regime, a revolution is about to erupt. A rebel seeks out a curator's apprentice on the run. They will soon be carried away in a mysterious place, entangled in an adventure that will reveal an earth-shattering truth. In the meantime, a strange sort of pilgrim from afar will meet with a man seeking knowledge and power, changing their world for ever.
The Last Heavenly King    by Vincent van Mechelen
Price: $4.65 USD. 21390 words. Published on August 10, 2011. .

In this first part of Triptych of Times Hong Kuiyuan tells his personal story of the collapse, in 1864, of the Christian theocracy established by his uncle, the first Heavenly King, during 'the Taiping Rebellion' in China. His relatives, including the new King, are killed by the imperial Qing, but the sixteen-year-old Kuiyuan manages to survive. Later in life he will write this historical novella.
Double Drop    by Howard Hurtt
Price: $3.00 USD. 66630 words. Published on February 8, 2012. .

Cave researchers discover themselves to be pawns in a conspiracy to remake America into a corporate theocracy. The bad guys discover that cavers are more talented and resourceful than they could ever have imagined.
The War of Civlar    by Isuru Abeysinghe
Price: Free! 24120 words. Published on April 7, 2012. .

A futuristic dystopia where two polarized societies representing the ultimate ends of libertarianism vs theocracy battle for survival. While both sides have strong ideology, the law of pragmatism reigns supreme...
The Mormon Theocracy    by Randall Morris
Price: Free! 1920 words. Published on July 1, 2012. .

This is a brief article that explores the early state of affairs when the Latter-Day Saints (or Mormons) arrived in Utah. The government operated as a theocracy with Brigham Young, the Prophet, acting as the governor. Trace elements of a theocracy linger in the church's structure to this day.
The Glitch    by Carl Asher
Price: Free! 1340 words. Published on August 21, 2012. .

While on his way to work, John was accosted by a man whose grubby and disheveled appearance gave no indication of the flagellation he would soon cause John to self-inflict.
The Gospel of Reason    by Gregory Coffin
Price: $9.99 USD. 84890 words. Published on September 2, 2012. .

As Jesus walked amongst men to advance the Gospel, so does Arenos to advance an objective & secular standard of the Good. Through numerous interactions, Arenos meets individuals & experiences situations testing existing systems of thought & beliefs. From examining political & religious Goods, The Gospel of Reason looks at how some of those Goods are proper, how some are not & why.
The God Society    by Samuel Duffy
Price: $1.99 USD. 47460 words. Published on December 28, 2012. .

Under a purple moon, Christian Good looks on as two armed sentries walk the wall that separates the metropolis from the desert beyond, and he whispers to himself a single question, "Who is God?" Raised in a futuristic theocracy to believe unquestioningly the city is God-directed, Christian Good becomes an allegorical character for the individual's journey to define the nature of the Christian God.
The Holy Bible in Twenty Four Eighteen    by Nathan M Holden
Price: $2.99 USD. 8890 words. Published on February 27, 2013. .

Since the creation of the Christian Bible, it has been mistranslated countless times, but still its good message has remained. When two boys find an updated Bible and begin to see sinister links between its stories and the religious ruler of their country, they find the lives they once held crumbling around them.