A Future Pastime

Earth's middle latitudes have become a roiling hot house global desert. Countries have dissolved and disappeared. The people of Earth, to survive, have come together in five regional alliances. There is no more war but the Earth Alliance Government executives have promoted the futuristic game of Alliance Major League Baseball to keep the surviving populace of Earth engaged and entertained the game's enhanced athleticism and savagery for all to openly see. The rules of baseball have drastically changed to allow for violent play on the field.

There are four normal young boys at the center of this sports fantasy that play Junior Alliance Baseball (Soft Rules Baseball) together in the minor leagues. They mature into deadly Major League Baseball Players. Dean Luthbert, Lenny Peecheh, Ray A. Tenner (the Rat) and Boisie Wallers all get drafted to different Earth Alliance teams where they eventually meet in a World Series final game.

An incident off of the field of play out in the great global desert dunes results in Dean's brother Boisie's death. Dean blames Boisie's death on Ray and pursues Ray through out the game of Alliance Baseball, to kill him to avenge his brother's death.

Lenny Peecheh is Ray's best friend. Lenny has a vested interest in protecting Ray from Dean. In an all or nothing final World Series Baseball game the truth of Boisie's demise is revealed in the savage way the boys play against each other. A must read for fantasy sport and sci-fi genre readers.