Children of the Atom (Novel)

Children of the Atom (formerly Atomic Legacies) is a science-fiction novel written by Cryptomania. It is set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic setting and revolves around the many travels of Leonard Wilson. The complete story can be read here. (WARNING: It's a bit long)

Synopsis
In the year 2015, a coalition of many of the nations of Graea (Earth) created the State, a united coalition of many nations that successfully created the possibility of world peace. The creation of the State balanced the extremely failing economy and stabilized many relations with the remainder of nations that did not annex themselves into the State.

Following 2019, while the world celebrated the eve of a new decade, the State slowy began to destabilize invisibly. National officials that were liason to the State began to subervisely draw farther and farther with the dealings of the State. Many others were killed by extremists and insurrections, which were growing increasingly rampant at the turn of the decade.

President Marcus Deux of the State tried to calm the anxiety that had claimed the minds of many of the populace, but his words simply alleviated the fear of his citizens to greater heights, ensuing in mass riots and extreme acts of violence, particularly in Central City, the crown jewel of the State.

On April 20th, 2020, colloquially known as the Nucleus Incident, the great nation of Risgard declared war against the State, launching a vicious strike of nuclear missiles from the Nucleus Island Complex in a small island south of Risgard. In the next 48-hours, a massive amount of radiation was dumped into the atmosphere after many nations retaliated against Risgard. Many nations also fired on each other, fearing that their so-called "allies" would turn on them.

By May 5, 2020, Graea's population dropped almost 90 percent. The nuclear bunkers which were thought to survive nuclear explosions only created a box of radiation that slowly killed all the wealthy noblemen that tried to save themselves.