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A Nation of Ruins
It's 2098, and conservative America stands victorious.
The Second American Revolution and the New Bill of Rights have swept away all traces of liberalism in the United States of America. Bearing arms is compulsory, illegal immigrants are hunted down without mercy, and the reborn nation stands astride the world like a Colossus. Only a few embittered old holdouts, like civil rights attorney and former left-wing activist William Fitzgerald, still remember it as the land of the free.
When he reluctantly agrees to defend a close friend's son, the so-called Peace Vigilante, Fitz finds himself at the center of the trial of the century, where the most dangerous man in America is the one who won't carry a gun.
Combining an impassioned defense of progressive ideals and liberal Christianity with a gripping near-future legal thriller, A Nation of Ruins presents a vision of a very different world, but one entirely too close to our own for comfort...
The Second American Revolution and the New Bill of Rights have swept away all traces of liberalism in the United States of America. Bearing arms is compulsory, illegal immigrants are hunted down without mercy, and the reborn nation stands astride the world like a Colossus. Only a few embittered old holdouts, like civil rights attorney and former left-wing activist William Fitzgerald, still remember it as the land of the free.
When he reluctantly agrees to defend a close friend's son, the so-called Peace Vigilante, Fitz finds himself at the center of the trial of the century, where the most dangerous man in America is the one who won't carry a gun.
Combining an impassioned defense of progressive ideals and liberal Christianity with a gripping near-future legal thriller, A Nation of Ruins presents a vision of a very different world, but one entirely too close to our own for comfort...
399 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 30, 2011
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July 31, 2012
This book supposes that the far right gains full control of the United States and gives one possible snapshot of what might be...
A man invades another mans home, kills his father-in-law, assaults the other members of the man's family. The man returns home to find this all going on. He does not shoot and kill the man who did the murder and assaults. He is required to carry a weapon by law and use it to stop crime. He tells the man two verses out of the Old Testament instead and the man flees. Next the man who did not kill the murderer is dragged into court to defend why he did not kill the murderer.
This book is a dark look at something that could happen right here. Unlikely, I would like to think, but it could happen. It is a book that will make you think. Should be on required reading lists at University all over the USA. A great story and a great read too.
A man invades another mans home, kills his father-in-law, assaults the other members of the man's family. The man returns home to find this all going on. He does not shoot and kill the man who did the murder and assaults. He is required to carry a weapon by law and use it to stop crime. He tells the man two verses out of the Old Testament instead and the man flees. Next the man who did not kill the murderer is dragged into court to defend why he did not kill the murderer.
This book is a dark look at something that could happen right here. Unlikely, I would like to think, but it could happen. It is a book that will make you think. Should be on required reading lists at University all over the USA. A great story and a great read too.
October 18, 2012
I could not finish it, at this time. Not saying its a bad book, just for some reason it did not catch me. The story topic seems like one that would catch my attention, maybe at a later time.
December 18, 2012
Powerful story, well, written, hope this is not a look into the future.
August 31, 2011
Great book. I hope it is fiction and not a view of our future.
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