2045. The world was overpopulated. When the black death happened. Millions died. This time it’s mutated and come back worse. The system seeks to save humanity. They pick the brightest minds to work in medical and science to help research a cure or vaccination.
Periods. The only punctuation left. In the future.
“The world WAS overpopulated. When the black death happened. Millions died” – millions of deaths wouldn’t put a dent in our CURRENT case of overpopulation. I don’t believe for one second that in 2045 “millions of deaths” would have gotten rid of overpopulation. So, to the author: USE LOGIC AND APPROPRIATE VERB TENSES.
“The system seeks to save humanity” – …don’t be an Orwell-wannabe, please.
“They pick the brightest minds to work in medical and science to help research a cure or vaccination” – ENGLISH, MUTHAFUCKA! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
I’m glad they worked in both medical and science, and not just, y’know, medical science.
Shame one of those bright minds didn’t work on the blurb.
I wouldn’t say the world is actually overpopulated as yet, but I should probably point out that millions of people die every year from nothing more exciting than old age; such is the natural rate of turnover on a planet with upwards of seven billion residents. Saying “Millions died” from Black Death 2.0 is about as impressive as McDonald’s advertising “Thousands and thousands of burgers sold!”
My version of how this summary should go:
“You must. Read this. Blurb. In. The voice of. William. Shatner.”
I already do that, with “Rocket Man” playing in the background.