"Final Weapon" by Everett B. Cole is a science fiction story happening in a tightly controlled future. Follow Howard Morely, a district leader with big ambitions, who is caught in a web of political schemes in a world still healing from war. He flies to an important meeting, thinking about his drive to climb higher and how society is managed. We soon see that Morely is smart and calculating, always looking for ways to keep control over his district. At the conference, leaders talk about keeping the lower classes in line and criticize those who are too soft. Then, a device that can read minds, created by an ordinary citizen named Paul Graham, appears and threatens to shake things up, hinting at upcoming struggles over who gets to control this powerful new tech and what it means for freedom and power.
Final Weapon
By Everett B. Cole
In a post-war society, a ruthless leader's ambition clashes with a mind-reading invention that could shatter the foundations of control.
Summary
About the AuthorEverett B. Cole (1910-2001) was an American writer of science fiction short stories and a professional soldier. He fought at Omaha Beach during World War II and worked as a signal maintenance and property officer at Fort Douglas, Utah, retiring in 1960. He got a bachelor's degree in Math and Physics and became a Math, Physics, and Chemistry teacher at Yorktown High School in Texas. His first science fiction story, "Philosophical Corps" was published in the magazine Astounding in 1951. His fix-up of that story and two others, The Philosophical Corps, was published by Gnome Press in 1962. A second novel, The Best Made Plans, was serialized in Astounding in 1959, but never published in book form. He also co-authored historical books about the south Texas region.
Everett B. Cole (1910-2001) was an American writer of science fiction short stories and a professional soldier. He fought at Omaha Beach during World War II and worked as a signal maintenance and property officer at Fort Douglas, Utah, retiring in 1960. He got a bachelor's degree in Math and Physics and became a Math, Physics, and Chemistry teacher at Yorktown High School in Texas. His first science fiction story, "Philosophical Corps" was published in the magazine Astounding in 1951. His fix-up of that story and two others, The Philosophical Corps, was published by Gnome Press in 1962. A second novel, The Best Made Plans, was serialized in Astounding in 1959, but never published in book form. He also co-authored historical books about the south Texas region.
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