It is the year 2030 and the face of the world has changed. The population has exploded and there is an international scramble for resources. The earth groans under the sheer weight of humanity, and many predict that it will not be long before need outstrips supply. As technology reaches new heights, the rich become richer still. In a perfect counterbalance, the poorest reach new levels of destitution and despair. It is a world of extremes. Natural disasters vie with technological miracles, making the horror stories of twenty years ago into just another daily news bulletin. And it would appear the no one knows nor cares if the human race has advanced itself, or simply set its path to ultimate self destruction.

Your average inhabitant of the planet earth carries on much as always. As long as the latest hi tech equipment improves their quality of life, and the latest disaster has happened far enough away to be no more than some abstract pictures on the news, they pay little attention to the way their world is changing. They carry on turning the cogs in the machines that have become our society, having become desensitised and almost dehumanised. Yet there are still those that seek the truth, and those that see the World for what it