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I've
been meaning to blog this novel ever since I proceeded to it directly
out of his Caliphate
last month, but never got around to it. I reserve the right to come
back to it with a more thorough review some time in the future,
because I'm thinking I'll eventually read it again. Get past the
somewhat contrived opening setting up the Texas Rebellion of ca. 2010
(as best I can figure it), as well as the very transparent identity
of the utterly wacko and caricaturishly evil US President “Willie Rottemayer,” and it
settles into what I think is a fair depiction of how such a valiant
but ultimately outnumbered and outgunned attempt at secession from
the rapidly socializing, increasingly morally repugnant and
anti-Christian United States would likely proceed. Although it was
written a decade ago, and in no way foresaw the explosion onto the
political landscape of Barack Obama, just how much cultural,
political, and social developments in the succeeding decade (really,
mostly in the past five years) do
seem to be have been foretold sent chills down my spine as I read.
As much as Caliphate
did [link],
this book struck me as a prophetic wake-up call in the guise of a
very compelling and exciting story. As I titled my Amazon.com review, it seems "Frighteningly Plausible."
