2074 - Desistance For Some Means Life For Others

For thirty years, global warming was nothing more than a contentious issue between scientists and politicians. In the late-2020s, it became a reality.

As food and water supplies diminished, starvation, disease and death flourished. Everyone demanded answers. When they did not come, civil unrest, political wrangling, and regional skirmishes wreaked havoc across the earth. Eventually, world leaders agreed upon a solution. Some must die so that others can live. What followed was the selective culling of the earth's population. The plan worked, and life for the survivors returned to normal. Or, so they thought…

DESISTANCE - It sounds so simple and logical—until it is your turn. In ten days, I will cease to exist. I'm only 33 years old, and I'm not ready to die.