Frink wakes unemployed

Frank Frink wakes up in his room on Hayes Street, remembering that he was fired from W-M Corporation the previous day for speaking out of turn to Wyndam-Matson. He contemplates his bleak future: he is a Jew in a world dominated by the Axis powers, and he fears being blacklisted. He listens to the radio, which broadcasts propaganda about the German space program and the Co-Prosperity Sphere. Frink reflects on his past, including his service in the U.S. Army and his failed marriage to Juliana.