Blind Faith

9 hrs. 24 min.

Language Russian

Author Ben Elton

Narrator Sergey Chonishvili

Description

As a result of global warming, the land surface rapidly shrinks. People are forced to live in terrible crowding and unsanitary conditions.

Vaccinations for children are forbidden, as are any books except brochures about self-improvement. A cult of the body reigns in the world.

Every person is surrounded every second by web cameras running a live stream, recording every step in their personal blog, and posting reports of any event of their life (including the loss of innocence) on YouTube. Darwin’s theory has been declared the most grievous heresy, which angered God; secular government is only the executor of the will of the omnipresent priests of the all-powerful Temple… What is this? New Dark Ages? Nothing of the kind! A real cult of the body reigns (adjusted by plastic surgery to a single standard), and the means of communication have reached an unprecedented bloom. But few dare defend their right to privacy—and are ready to fight for their child’s right to survive. Plastic surgeries have been elevated to the rank of mandatory procedures. Everyone’s life is put on display. Any personal event is streamed online and published in countless social networks. The slightest attempt to isolate oneself and hide from the ever-present cameras is doomed to fail.