THE END OF THE UNITED STATES WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. "We control everything, Jane. From the food we consume to the genes comprising The State's offspring." Spreading his hands out beside him, Smith opened his arms and laughed a deep, comfortable laugh. "All man wants is power. But, what is power? Power is control. The State is the most powerful form of government known to man, because there is nothing we don't control." Taken from her home and stripped of her identity, Naomi Isaacs is sent to participate in the Education Initiative so she can become part of A MORE PERFECT UNION.