Book excerpt: In the uncomfortably near future, the world has become a place filled with even more violence and corruption than ever before. There appears to be little hope for the future of the self-destructive humans and their dying planet. That is, until the Cold Surgery is invented - also known as The Cure for the biggest flaw of the human race... emotion. A world without emotion is a world without fear, anger, war, sexism, racism and prejudice. It is a world of equality, intelligence and peace. The Old World is coming to an end as the Cold Cognition Movement rapidly spreads, creating a population of purely logical beings. The citizens of the Earth must now choose whether to join or to fight against the New World, and find themselves struggling with which is the right choice. Although most people long for the peaceful and equal world that the Movement promises, they must give up their emotions and free will to have this peace. After all, people are not peaceful by nature, they must be created. But is peace really worth ridding the entire world of compassion, joy, and love? Followers of the Cold Cognition Movement believe it is, and they are determined to create a stronger, smarter, more peaceful race of humans, by exterminating the very thing that makes us human, and revealing how far people are willing to go to achieve world peace.