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A horrific and mystifying pandemic has struck Earth, almost completely destroying the male population of the human species—and the female population quickly takes control of political power in every nation. But the “Matriarchs” are far more interested in revenge for the mistreatment they endured under their former societies than the preservation of the species. They set about designing a bloodthirsty tournament, forcing the surviving males to fight each other to the death until only one remains. Two hundred years later, The Matriarchy has fine-tuned the rules of this contest: Now, every decade or so, one young male from every nation is chosen to “participate” in a Battle Royale. The last man standing wins and as a prize is offered one wish. Each contestant goes into battle with a harem of “brides” by his side. Participants have to fight each other and the environment in a deadly struggle for survival, with the last remaining survivor and his harem being declared the winner. It is in this environment that young Alex Dolorean must fight for his life and loved ones in the deadly Battle Royale known as…The Harem Games. (Not recommended for young children.)

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Publié par	Outskirts Press
Date de parution	06 mars 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781478753551
Langue	English

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This is a work of fiction. The events and characters described herein are imaginary and are not intended to refer to specific places or living persons. The opinions expressed in this manuscript are solely the opinions of the author and do not represent the opinions or thoughts of the publisher. The author has represented and warranted full ownership and/or legal right to publish all the materials in this book.

The Harem Games
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Copyright © 2013 Jorge Carreras Jr.
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Author’s Note
I have drawn the inspiration from this work from many and various sources.
If you find something that “rings true” with your favorite genre, book, movie, or other work, please take this in the spirit in which it is intended.
Special Thanks
To all my friends and family who have supported me through my many years.
Prologue
Harem: A single person being pursued romantically by numerous members of the opposite sex simultaneously. Usually one male pursued by numerous females.
A female pursued by numerous males also existed, but generally speaking, didn’t end well among humans. A single female with multiple mates doesn’t lead to more offspring while a single male with multiple females does. That’s the hard fact about the biology.
With the extreme scarcity of males amongst the population, it currently isn’t a viable construct either.
Games: 1.) An activity pursued strictly for the sake of pleasure. Example: a game of solitaire.
2.) A contest, competition, or ritual designed to settle conflict in an enclosed environment under certain rules and conditions. Example: the Olympic Games.
Unfortunately, there are far too many people who, using the first definition, think that a “game” is always something unimportant. This is far from the case. Just because something is a “game,” doesn’t mean it can’t be deadly serious; in fact, “war games” are military training exercises, and thinking of them as unimportant could get people killed.
Further, falling under the second definition, there are ritualistic “games” where contestants have to be the last “survivor” in order to win, whether it’s surviving against a deadly environment or against each other.
The “Harem Games” falls under both of those conditions. Participants have to fight each other and the environment in a deadly struggle for survival with the last remaining survivor and his harem being declared the winner.
How did things get this way? Well, I, Martufe O’oharra, an actual survivor of M-Day, as well as “patient zero,” am the only one who can tell that story. Today’s date is July 4, 200 A.M. (After Man).
A little over two hundred years ago, an unknown agent began attacking the human population of Earth. The true nature of the pathogen is unknown. The result of the pandemic, however, is quite well known. Although it made me quite immortal and sterile (there’s been no lack of people trying to prove this statement false), for the rest of the population, it’s been horrifying.
First, all men who were past puberty just died overnight, apparently at random. No symptoms of any kind were reported.
“How was I chosen as ‘patient zero’ then?”
I DID show symptoms and, rather severe ones, numerous coronary failures, seizures, simultaneous multiple organ failures, and so on. All of these corrected themselves, which baffled every single doctor and nurse working on my case.
Second result.
Young males lived normally until reaching puberty, then weakened and eventually died.
Third result.
The viability of male offspring in the womb plummeted. Male children would be born literally heartless, and the boy’s body would immediately reject any artificial heart placed within it. There is the rare one- in- a - million exception where a viable male birth would occur, or none of you would be here. Every attempt at trying to solve the problem met with dismal failure despite the very best and brightest working at it, continuously, tirelessly, day and night.
Fourth result.
The viability of pregnancy among women increased exponentially. Originally, women were only fertile once a month, and conception could be prevented using contraception. This is no longer the case.
Women are now fertile once a week, contraception in all forms is no longer effective, contact with sperm in any way could result in pregnancy, and gestation has shrunk from nine months to nine weeks because the fetus grows very quickly.
Very quickly, women took control of political power in every nation for the simple reason that there were no men who could run things. In many countries, previously, women were treated very badly.
China and India, as they were once known, were prime examples. China’s “one child” population control policy led to the near genocide of female children as, obviously, it’s the male children who carried on the family name. India had a near genocide among women for a different reason. Originally, husbands would be given a dowry by the girl’s family, presumably to help provide for her. Eventually, though, society began to see giving birth to girls as “shameful.”
So the meaning of the dowry became twisted. For poor families who produced daughters and could not afford a dowry, it came to mean
“We are so disgraced by our daughter that we’re PAYING you to get rid of her.” Some men were even on record setting their wives on fire, burning them alive.
Naturally, the women from these countries wanted revenge, and after finding out that their daughters’ fertility increased exponentially, they began their “sacred crusade.”
Oh, this change did not come quietly. There was fierce opposition. Most notably, and to its eternal credit, the former United States, was the very loudest in opposing this “plan.”
Its reasoning was two-fold.
First, putting aside a very loud but very small minority of man-hating feminists, the women there were quite happy with their men and how they were treated. Women were treated as equals as much as humanly possible. Obviously men couldn’t give birth, for example. So it was a civil rights issue.
Second, considering the rarity of viable male births and the short life span, there was a rather valid argument that there were already too few men available to properly propagate the species, so why lower the odds of survival further by forcing them to kill each other?
In regards to the first, the U.S. was simply outvoted, and the veto power was sold to China in exchange for forgiving its rather massive debt, of which the interest alone was 150 percent of the GDP. (Thank you, Barrack Obama.)
For the second, I’m sure you all know about your mandatory “donations” to the genetic bank.
Now, every decade or so, one young male from every nation is chosen to “participate” in this battle royale. The last man standing wins and as a prize is offered one wish.
If granting this wish is within the power of the ruling council, the Matriarchy, then it will be granted.
If it is not within the counsil’s power, he will gain nothing. He will be thrown out onto the streets with only the clothes on his back. Any surviving ladies of his harem will be taken away, unless they insist otherwise.
To date, this has never happened. The winners either wished to live comfortably or remain with their harems for the rest of their lives. Since the lifespan of a teenage male is short, these wishes are happily granted.
(Martufe looks at his notes.) Ah. I must make a correction. There was one wish in the previous tournament that stands out. The winner wished to meet his father. It seems he didn’t pay attention during orientation, and missed the part where I mentioned that men DON’T LIVE LONG AFTER PUBERTY. So the wish, while understandable, was impossible, but the letter of the law was applied and the boy was taken to his father’s grave.
That’s all he got. He was left there, and his harem stayed with him as he grieved. When he died, they went their separate ways and were never heard from again.
From what I can gather, he was buried with his father. There’s some sense of closure in that, at least.
Ash Udderweis: “PPPFFFFTTT! Get on with it! This is so boring! Let’s just get this game started! I want my prize already!”
Mr. Udderweis (he must come from a LONG line of Swedish cattle ranchers), I don’t know how you’ve been raised, or what you were told before you got here, but in case you haven’t noticed, you are going to have to EARN your prize; no one is going to just “give” you anything from this point on. Nothing is guaranteed. Besides, there’s no way to know just which “boring” little info I tell you is going to mean the difference between life and death once this game gets started.
(The rest of the class gasps. Martufe stops speaking and takes a moment to look around.)
There are dozens of young men here today. Unfortunately, most of them don’t stand a chance, no matter how diligent they are. Shame really, they look quite bright and obedient, perhaps TOO obedient to be effectively independent, let alone leaders. Only good leaders can even make it through the preliminary first round.
There are, however, a few that caught my eye.
First, there’s the arrogant jerk who just mouthed off, Ash Udderweis. What I gathered from his file is that he’s already had several girls chosen for him, and he bosses them around ruthlessly. They are terrified of him and his wrath. There are the makings of a tyran