Description
During the tense summer of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, an FBI agent investigating a global biological threat encounters a family of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine - and a question no one is prepared to answer.
A revolutionary scientific proposal promises to eliminate violence, crime, and injustice by altering human behavior itself. The solution is elegant. The consequences are terrifying. As government agencies, politicians, scientists, and ordinary families respond in predictable ways, the line between moral responsibility and coercion begins to blur.
Ultimatum is a philosophical thriller that explores freedom, power, and the price of enforced goodness. Set against the backdrop of political unrest, social inequality, and cultural division, the novel asks whether a safer world is worth sacrificing the illusion of choice - and who gets to decide.
This novel is part of a loosely connected philosophical series, but can be read completely as a standalone story.