In March 2025, America bows to the W.I.S.E. Act, a draconian law banning religion and enforcing Wisdom, Inclusion, Solidarity, and Equity under a surveillance state’s unblinking owl emblem. Eli Elijahson, a rugged Ohio laborer fond of beer and wrestling, scorns his brother Micah’s outlawed Christian rallies—until W.I.S.E. enforcers raid their...