Justin Heller

A Civil War veteran-turned-lawman thought he had left his worst nightmares behind him on the battlefield, but the most frightening one will test his sanity, his family and his life as it ravages his town.

Set in a dystopian United States, pregnant persons are required by law to give birth in front of a panel of judges. Failure to birth a living baby sentences the mother to immediate execution. The everyday, mundane births/deaths have zero effect on the judges as they devour their lunch like animals.