Gymnasium

There's a commonwealth, but wealth is not common The atmosphere is charged with a wrought-iron energy that feels like omnipresence. There's a taste of hyper-vigilance on the tongue, bathing the flesh and forcing me to stand still for a shortened second. Moving into flight, the stairway is travelled as quick as the speed of light, but the body moves according to time... Thirty-something intuit, strategic futures expert and ex- government official - mother of three - escapes gang-ridden and violent inner-city London. Sacrificing career and fortune, she is compelled into substituting security, for blind-faith. Facing uncertainty with guts and survival-instinct, Mila Stephenson finds romance in exiting the gymnasium - the place where she has undergone extensive physical and mental training for the next season of her life. Climbing up out of a lower valley and social order, the zeitgeist has made a way for people like herself, to rise up out of the commotion. 'Gymnasium' is a fictionalised autobiography and a modern romance. It is political in nature and emotional in essence, delving into ancient political theories such as those by Cicero, Hobbes, Aristotle and Plato, and international relations theories by Mearsheimer and Morgenthau, applying the thoughts to modern dilemmas. Confronting social ills, romantic game-playing and the operation of government.