2075 - When Beauty Became a Crime

A dystopian novel following in thefootsteps of George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, thispolitical thriller traces the rise of a totalitarian regime carried to its mostterrifying, plausible conclusion: a society where equality itself has gone toofar.In 2075, the war on inequalityreaches its ultimate absurdity: beauty itself is declared a crime. In thisbeauty privilege society, the ruling "Justice Party" brandsattractive women as "Privileged Beauties" and forces them into disfiguring"Optical Optimization Therapy." A courageous student and a determinedjournalist ignite a fierce resistance against the rising regime, in a storywith the pace and stakes of a true political thriller. Rainer Zitelmann's gripping novelexposes the terrifying endgame of egalitarian envy, and the courage required todefend human excellence. Readers of Ayn Rand's uncompromising defense ofindividual achievement will recognize this as an Ayn Rand style dystopianthriller in spirit. And anyone who ever wished Kurt Vonnegut's "HarrisonBergeron" had been written as a full length novel will finally get theirwish. This is anti-woke dystopianfiction with real teeth: not caricature, but a well-researched vision of wheretoday's equity movements could lead if left unchecked. Rainer Zitelmann's grippingdystopian novel exposes the terrifying endgame of egalitarian envy and thecourage required to defend human excellence. Jennifer A. Grossmann,CEO, ATLAS Society