The Wealth of Ophir

Seven years ago, The Republic of Ophir was ravaged by rapidly increasing population and extreme hunger. On the brink of collapse, the people found a solution by creating a new type of industry. Years after that, all of its citizens are now prosperous. The country's food supply was solved, and the economy was booming. Yet the price paid was high and unequal...

The poor were rounded and shipped to farms. In there, they will live the rest of their lives until they are chosen for "processing."

Alina de Lambert, a member of the elite families tasked with ruling the farms, was assigned to the Aurelion farm to suppress the rebels recruiting in there. However, she saw Sieg Kruger, her childhood friend, in the cattle and as a rebel. Seeing how her friend was suffering, her heart ached. Will she choose to satisfy the expectations of society or her morality?

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