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High school quarterback Marco Lucci seems to have it all—popularity, a bright future, and a stable home in a struggling New Jersey town. But Marco is hiding a dangerous secret: he's gay in an America where homosexuality is illegal under a sweeping religious regime known as the Reformation. When his older sister Cara invites him to Manhattan for an underground concert, Marco gets his first taste of freedom among her rebellious circle of friends. For one electrifying night, he feels seen. Then the Gray Coats—paramilitary enforcers of the regime—storm the club, opening fire on the crowd. In the chaos, Marco kills a militia member in self-defense. By morning, he's the country's most wanted fugitive. Forced into hiding, Marco learns Cara and her friends are part of the Heretic Insurgency, a covert resistance fighting the government's theocratic rule. Their leader believes Marco's all-American image could spark a movement. But powerful enemies are closing in: a ruthless televangelist hungry for ratings, oligarchs protecting their influence, and the Domestic Surveillance Agency determined to crush dissent. As protests erupt and a journalist uncovers deadly secrets, Marco's fight becomes bigger than survival. On the run with a wounded friend who's becoming something more, he must decide whether to remain a symbol—or risk everything to become a leader. The final confrontation builds toward a Halloween "Concert for Peace" in Brooklyn, where masks offer cover—but not safety. When violence erupts and those he loves are taken, Marco faces an impossible choice: keep running, or stand and fight. American Reformation is a gripping dystopian thriller about faith, power, propaganda, and the cost of living authentically in a nation that calls love a crime.