Hesiodea Quae Supersunt Omnia, Pars 1 (1870)

How does a tiny island nation overtake the United States as the world’s most powerful nation where nobody has ever complained about the price of gas? Grey tells the story from Lamken, as the only foreigner to reside there. Lamkens kept to themselves. No one knows they exist–except the almost almighty Decision Makers. When the Decision Makers arrive to make the island their secret meeting place, it fulfills the first half of the prophecy witnessed by Los, the great Lamken Elder. The Lamkens fulfill the second half by striking at the perfect time, as arrogance and an economic collapse have weakened the United States (celebrity obsessions don’t help). Armed with the world’s greatest computer hacker, cleverness and coconuts, the Lamkens stage a daring coup, rendering American military might useless. And with their money-printing machine, they’re ready to take their place on the map. Isn’t it time the world had a new utopia?