Ouroboros — Kevin Kauffmann

When Escape hit the streets, the United States was already losing the War on Drugs. Public opinion had shifted over the decades into apathy and acceptance. A hallucinogen which allowed the user to escape to another life was not just appealing; it was a perfect substitute for the society the last generation had given them. If taken safely, Escape was all a person could ever want, but everything changed once a young boy died with a piece of paper on his tongue. Following the lives of a depressed high school outcast, a member of Congress desperate to keep her job, and the grief-stricken creator of Escape, Ouroboros provides a look at a society that has failed its people. They are trapped in a world that has given up on them, and change seems almost impossible. If you lived in that world, wouldn't you try to escape?