THE POET - A Real-Time Story By Robert R. Ricks

Podcast Description

It is 2025 and Two global depressions led to chaos, as world governments became unable to fund the most basic of needs. People suffered, and crime grew rampant and out of control. An organization known only as the COUNCIL OF NINE (CON) started uniting criminal families such as the TRIADS, JAMAICAN POSSE, LA RAZA ESCOGIDA, and THUGS. This new powerful criminal empire spread quickly across the world. As time passed, the governments slowly regained their footing and sought to dismantle the powerful criminal element. The governments united and created the Anti Crime Unit (ACU) to track down and remove all elements associated with the COUNCIL OF NINE. The ACU was tasked to eliminate this global menace through all means possible. Local law enforcement agencies collaborated with private security groups to form global protection units known as the United Security Unions (USU) which provide traditional police services -- for a small fee. Their funds come directly from the people they serve and allow them the means to operate. They fight against the CON but on a different level. There are other groups. These groups are a loose band of gangs and citizens who refuse to bow to the CON or stand by while their civil liberties are abused. They are known as FREELANCERS. The POET is a killer shrouded in mystery and feared by the hardest of CON and ACU/USU alike... This is his story.