Betera's Factor

Crawford Lear is the senior engineer of the Beta Union habitat, a utopian society that sets unusual criteria for morality. This world keeps its citizens in a constant state of joy and contentment using a duplicitous system developed by the scientific genius of its most lauded citizen, Betera Eaton. On the eve of the greatest tragedy to strike the habitat in over a decade, Crawford steps into the covert role he has trained for since childhood. Using his psychic talents to ready the masses for rebellion, Crawford attempts to liberate citizens from a twisted regime led by a powerful senate, and the empathic sentinels who enforce the law with sadistic enthusiasm. Forming alliances with influential members of society, Crawford navigates through an ever-shifting maze of loyalties, putting his life and that of his illicit lover in danger. In the aftermath, Crawford and his compatriots realize freedom comes with its own burdens; truth can be as deadly as lies. No one is immune to treachery and anyone can be weaponized. Friend. Foe. Family.