2075 - When Beauty Became a Crime

A dystopian novel following in the footsteps of George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, this political thriller traces the rise of a totalitarian regime carried to its most terrifying, plausible conclusion: a society where equality itself has gone too far. In 2075, the war on inequality reaches its ultimate absurdity: beauty itself is declared a crime. In this beauty privilege society, the ruling "Justice Party" brands attractive women as "Privileged Beauties" and forces them into disfiguring "Optical Optimization Therapy." A courageous student and a determined journalist ignite a fierce resistance against the rising regime, in a story with the pace and stakes of a true political thriller.   Rainer Zitelmann's gripping novel exposes the terrifying endgame of egalitarian envy, and the courage required to defend human excellence. Readers of Ayn Rand's uncompromising defense of individual achievement will recognize this as an Ayn Rand style dystopian thriller in spirit. And anyone who ever wished Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" had been written as a full length novel will finally get their wish.   This is anti-woke dystopian fiction with real teeth: not caricature, but a well-researched vision of where today's equity movements could lead if left unchecked.   Rainer Zitelmann's gripping dystopian novel exposes the terrifying endgame of egalitarian envy and the courage required to defend human excellence. Jennifer A. Grossmann, CEO, ATLAS Society