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THE PRISM
France 2049
a novel by
John Francis Kinsella
Author's Note
This novel was originally written in 1991 and I have altered relatively little in the story as it is told here. Many of the scenarios have come to be: a Middle Eastern Caliphate, the massive flight of refugees towards Europe, the rise of right wing political parties, encroaching Islam - where for example the population of the Parisian suburb St Saint Denis is forty five percent Muslim, the spread of communitarism, the retreat of the UK from the EU and the threat of disintegration of both. This was not by some miraculous foresight, but rather by the simple reading of events at that time and their broad extrapolation. The politicians of Europe and the USA are largely to blame for the situation that exists in the Middle East today and the paths that lay ahead for France the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe are fraught with danger.
John Francis Kinsella, Paris, September 2016
The Prism
Revised edition September 2016
Copyright John Francis Kinsella 2006
John Francis Kinsella has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this work
This novel is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1. The First Day
Memorandum
Chapter 2. Ennis
Chapter 3. Dejellali
Chapter 4. North Africa
Chapter 5. The City
Chapter 6. The Ministry
Chapter 7. A New World
Chapter 8. Medina Hurriya
Chapter 9. Transhumance
Chapter 10. David
Chapter 11. An Invitation to Diner
Chapter 12. Disenchantment
Chapter 13 The Federation
Chapter 14. Hamad
Chapter 15. Sheik Abassami
Chapter 16. Hassan bin Ibrani
Chapter 17. The Interview
Chapter 18. A Just Settlement
Chapter 19. Asma
Chapter 20. The Set-up
Chapter 21. The Plastic Bag
Chapter 22. The Accusation
Chapter 23. The Flight
Chapter 24. The Bike
Chapter 25. An Intruder
Chapter 26. The Frontier
Chapter 27. Stone
Chapter 28. Toulouse
Chapter 29. Expulsion
Chapter 30. Rebellion
Chapter 31. China, Capitalism & Energy
Chapter 32. Infection
Chapter 33. The Gallos
Chapter 34. Ethnic Affairs
Chapter 35. A Fellow Traveller
Chapter 36. Paris
Chapter 37. Guiglione
Chapter 38. After Oil
Chapter 39. The Zone
Chapter 40. Wanted
Chapter 41. A Revolutionary
Chapter 42. Albignac’s Plan
Chapter 43. The Diaspora
Chapter 44. The Autonomous Region
Chapter 45. Savannah
Chapter 46. Smets
Chapter 47. Defender of the Faith
Chapter 48. The Bastille
Chapter 49. Demography and Strategy
Chapter 50. Marseille
Chapter 51. Embarkation
Chapter 52. An Ordinary Man
Chapter 53 Algharb
Chapter 54. La France
Chapter 55. The French Problem
Chapter 56. The Housing Projects
Chapter 57. Bridgehead
Chapter 58. Colonisation
Chapter 59. The Repatriation Office
Chapter 60. Migration
Chapter 61. Boublil’s Decree
Chapter 62. Refugees
Chapter 63. Explosion
Chapter 64. The Riots
Chapter 65. Partition
Chapter 66. Tags
Chapter 67. A History Lesson
Chapter 68. Transformation
Chapter 69. Pau
Chapter 70. A Chance Meeting
Chapter 71. The Jews and Arabs
Chapter 72. Rejection
Chapter 73. A Bomb
Chapter 74. The Seige of Avignon
Chapter 75. The Clodos
Chapter 76. Boublil’s Solution
Chapter 77. The Assault
Chapter 78. Transportation
Chapter 79. The Federal Capital