Ephemeral

Xukynsious's Golden Age of Prosperity and Peace had dissolved into a tarnished decadence. For millennia now, it seemed that life on the militaristic planet could never get any better. Children grew up with an education and never knowing war. They were safe, happy, and loved.So long as they weren't Deific. The desert exiles lived in constant fear. They were registered and branded for simply existing. At most, they were allowed to be "meat shields" for the military machine. Speaking up in defiance of them was heresy at best.But Haruki, a Saturnine with a promising future in the military, is willing to throw it all away to fight for equality for his best friend Keisha. Will they throw a cog in the government machine, or will any victory they hope to bring simply end up Ephemeral?