Split Second (Split Second, #1)

by Douglas E. Richards

Presidents could be fickle and arbitrary. Each new one with wildly different visions and priorities. And when all was said and done, they were nothing more than civilians who managed to get donors excited enough to give them money, and then win a popularity contest. They weren’t the smartest or best trained that humanity had to offer, and they didn’t have the best judgment. The truly brilliant, truly gifted, wanted little to do with politics.

“As for controlling the coming swarms of unintelligent, ignorant masses, it’s been said before that the Earth is a spaceship, and we’re its passengers. Our planet is a tiny lifeboat in a vast ocean universe. But our boat is getting overcrowded and taking on water. When the crewmembers who aren’t capable of bailing any water reproduce ten times faster than those who can, it doesn’t take a

genius to see that the boat will eventually sink. It’s only a matter of time. And I’m not advocating throwing these crewmembers overboard. Just making sure their endless progeny don’t overwhelm and eventually suffocate the able-bodied members of the crew.”