Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below one per cent, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalised, the contagion explodes from the trial-city borders and spreads across the nation on the night that gives rise to America’s twelve hours of annual lawlessness.
