"...A grass-roots democratic movement staged what some have called ‘The Lightning Campaign’ to convince the electorate to restore civil liberties in a Democratic process unseen in the region since the days of colonialism. An initial victory has been declared for the secular Constitution Party, who, like the theocratic state they’ve unseated, immediately moved to take the capital. But the church has declared an injunction and is recounting the votes, a process now declared off-limits to international observers.
Despite the shadow cast by this development, thousands have flooded the square around St. Alban’s to celebrate the birth of a new democracy; a democracy that may not last the night."
Five revolutionaries. Two governments. One night to change a theocracy to a democracy.
Urgency charges the air as the head of a revolutionary government works to create his country's first constitution before the previous leadership can declare the vote invalid. Over the course of one long night enemies, teachers, and ghosts threaten to distract the new Prime Minister, or depose him.
Corydon tackles issues of civil rights, fear of freedom, the line between justice and vengance, and whether or not true faith can exist in an theocratic state.
"...A grass-roots democratic movement staged what some have called ‘The Lightning Campaign’ to convince the electorate to restore civil liberties in a Democratic process unseen in the region since the days of colonialism. An initial victory has been declared for the secular Constitution Party, who, like the theocratic state they’ve unseated, immediately moved to take the capital. But the church has declared an injunction and is recounting the votes, a process now declared off-limits to international observers.