..Book Reviews..

More of a political thriller. It had a decent enough story of a potential second American civil war and was interesting simply as a story of how a society could evolve from what we currently have to a distopian type authoritarian government. You don't see those stories very often (at least I haven't).

The politics seemed a bit overblown as well. I find it hard to believe that a rebel force would take over a major city and it wouldn't lead to all out war. I can understand the explanation of why that didn't happen, but I just didn't buy it. The author's sermon on the right vs. the left is an interesting warning, but again it seems overwrought. Maybe I'm just missing the boat, but I'm not sure I see extremists being successful at plotting such far-reaching revolutions. Blowing up a building is one thing, taking over the government is another.