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Salavandra’s government cracks down on suspected UFLS members and tries to eliminate the growing social unrest. The UFLS strikes out against Penkava Incorporated.
The United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS) is formed. The UFLS appeals for better wages, a democratic and transparent government, and a competitive free market on Salavandra.
Mary secretly meets Phillip. Coffee farmers rally to Antonio and demand a livable wage from Penkava Incorporated. Antonio is arrested for disturbing the peace.
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Salavandra’s government cracks down on suspected UFLS members and tries to eliminate the growing social unrest. The UFLS strikes out against Penkava Incorporated.
The United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS) is formed. The UFLS appeals for better wages, a democratic and transparent government, and a competitive free market on Salavandra.
Mary secretly meets Phillip. Coffee farmers rally to Antonio and demand a livable wage from Penkava Incorporated. Antonio is arrested for disturbing the peace.
Antonio picks coffee with a hired hand and describes the extent of Penkava Incorporated’s influence over Salavandra, as well as the company’s controlled pricing of coffee and other commodities. Antonio meets Christopher Knox while working, and
Mary, working in a greenhouse preparing flowers for export, meets Phillip. Antonio begins using a small, mobile device called a Link, which allows him unfettered access to the internet. He uses it to investigate Penkava Incorporated.
Twenty years later Phillip travels to the island of Salavandra to check on the family’s business interests. He has an ill-fated meeting with Christopher Knox, an unemployed logger. Antonio talks with his lifelong love, Mary Gonzales.
Antonio Richards (as a young boy) is picking coffee with his father when tragedy strikes. Antonio meets Phillip Penkava (also a young boy), who is heir to the Penkava family fortune.