Survival of the Fattest and The Price of Freedom

By Gene C. Jensen

Survival of the Fattest:
Gerald Stubbs leads a fledgling group of of survivors in a world plagued by a disease that makes all those it infects gain weight. The only way to slow the disease progression is by eating but they’re running out of food.

The Price of Freedom:
The old United States has been decimated and the survivors along with their descendants were forced into a life of slavery to the New World Empire. A rebel group known as the Reformers are planning a celebration that hadn’t been allowed in two hundred years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gene C. Jensen
• Release date: Jan 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005226770

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Survival of the Fattest

and

The Price of Freedom

By Gene C. Jensen

Copyright 2022 Gene C. Jensen

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Table of Contents:

Title Page

Copyright Page

Survival of the Fattest

The Price of Freedom

Closing Words

Survival of the Fattest

Gerald Stubbs felt the suffocating dread from the hearts of his team, like a thick fog spewing from the hotel’s busted ventilation system. Being their leader, he shared their anxiety—though it was his duty to shoulder the burden of confidence even if it was a farce. In a few hours time the showdown would unfurl with the nefarious Stan Porter and his gang of blubbery miscreants. One building with food lining its shelves remained in the city of West Fallsville. It was steal the rations for themselves or perish in the attempt, because without trying it would be a consequence worse than death.

In the simpler times of the past. Gerald imagined the world ending in numerous ways—each consequent scenario more unbelievable than the last. An asteroid, perhaps a great flood. Even a zombie apocalypse would have been preferable, not to mention less disgusting than the present day nightmare! A quick end to humanity would have been welcome, but the world died kicking and screaming.

Lipomeganious … the probable last words uttered by the swollen and chapped lips of the billions who succumbed to the frightening weeks of pain and misery the disease wrought.

What a wonderful idea it was at the time!

Medicinal nanotechnology designed to help battle anorexia and other eating disorders that caused individuals to stay at dangerous low body weights. The self replicating nano-tech’s intent was to not only augment liposome production, but infiltrate bone and muscle tissue in order to promote a more balanced growth. It worked hand-in-hand with normal metabolic processes to accelerate weight gain at a healthy rate even without eating! Not only was it a valuable tool for treating certain disorders, it was a panacea for world hunger.

However, a common mistake American scientists had repeated throughout history, the technology was not