Ersatz Nation
by Tim Kenyon

Description:
Patrick Dolan abducts people from Earth and returns them to Unation, a totalitarian yet strangely familiar parallel world ruled by Mother Necessity. Dolan's true identity and sanity are finally threatened when Mother sends him on his most challenging assignment yet. He must return with three children, all of whom have committed murder.

Selmar Rayburne, son of former rebel against Mother, is paying the price for his father's futile cause. He endures an embarrassing social status, a lacklustre marriage and a tenth year in a dead-end job. Until one day destiny pays him a visit in the form of an unexpected and long overdue promotion--the same day his wife mysteriously disappears with one of the founders of the Unation.

Now forces are at work that may end Mother's rule, or perpetuate it forever. The stories of Dolan and Rayburne intertwine in a gripping narrative that not only provides adventure and great reading but explores the themes of illusion versus reality, environmental degradation and the limits of freedom.