Testament

Testament is an American graphic novel. It is authored by Douglas Rushkoff with art and cover by Liam Sharp. Testament Vol. 1 was first published in December 2005, and subsequent volumes followed. There are several key themes to Testament. The story takes place simultaneously in the near future and the biblical past to illustrate the most prominent theme: that history repeats itself. This is done by juxtaposing the two time lines, the purpose of which seems to be to illustrate that religion is a continually evolving, living story that is being written by how we, and specifically the protagonists, live our daily lives. To date, other themes include increasing numbers of fascist governments, human rights, technology, and information economics in the form of a global currency. A brief synopsis of the story to date is as follows. In the near future grad student Jake Stern and his conscientious objector friends fight against the new RFID-based universal draft by attempting to access the... full article at wikipedia