This novel depicts how women of different eras face the same social problems of sexism, crime, employment, marriage, and childbirth. The book’s three settings are: 1799 (London), 1999 (Midwest America), and 2099 (the Moon). (Each section is written in a prose style appropriate for that era.) In each story, a young woman (Claire) seeks vengeance against her father, who has been abusing her mother for years. In each era, Claire is raped by thugs, becomes pregnant, and has to survive in society as a single mother who sent an innocent man to jail. NEXT CENTURY examines the past, present, and future in order to become a book for today