Posted on 09/05/2003 9:14:35 AM PDT by marktwain
Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken, Steelcutter Publishing, San Diego CA.
www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com
I recieved my copy of Enemies Foreign And Domestic on Tuesday evening this week. By Thursday morning, I had devoured the 568 pages. This book was eagerly awaited, as it belongs to that small but growing genre, the distopic future brought about by civil war over the Constitution of the United States, triggered by ruthless suppression of the 2nd amendment.
Only three books of this genre have recieved prominence. They are: The Turner Diaries, a racist, hate filled account where the "heros" are willing to kill off 75% of the people on earth in order to gain political power; Unintended Consequences, a well written, racy, techno-thriller in the Tom Clancy style that I heartily recommend; and Enemies Foreign and Domestic, or EFAD, as I will refer to it in the rest of this review.
EFAD refers to part of the oath that all U.S. government officials and military personel take upon the assumption of their duties to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. A basic premise of the book is that there still are men and women who actually have honor and integrity, who beleive these words when they speak them, and who actively work to follow their oath. Members of freerepublic will recognize themselves in this work.
EFAD is very well written, well plotted, and has good character development. I felt as if I could name friends and enemies who could have been the characters in the book. This book grabs you. The major premises are easily believable. Matthew Bracken knows his subject, and he uses credible human faults and errors to keep the plot plausible. A major strength is that there are no supermen or superwomen in this book. Matthew teaches us subtly by the things that are not mentioned. An astute reader will realize early on that we are at a crucial cross roads. We can move backward, keep the Assault Weapons ban, enlarge it, outlaw private sales of weapons via the "gun show loophole" and continue the march toward the chilling distopia that the author so clearly sees. Or we can move forward, sunset the Assault Weapon ban in September of 2004, and continue to move forward to a renewed era of Constitutional freedom in America.
Read this book. Pass it on to friends. Distribute it at gun shows. Buy lots of copies. I will.
I need to buy a couple of copies to give out at Florida gun shows. Or if you want to come down to do the circuit you can crash at my place.
If you do option the book for a movie deal just remember that I still am a card carrying Local 80 grip and I could use the work.
Good work my friend.
LOL! I received my copy today and intend to start reading it in a few minutes. FWIW, I love the drawing on the cover. I think it's pretty damned cool.
Some may say it's simplistic or cartoonish, and it is.
But it's also memorable, and describable, as in when telling friends about the book, with no chance for confusion. ("Enemies something. Bright yellow, with a snake around a rifle on the cover.")
On a deeper level, it joins the founding fathers' 2nd amendment feelings with the modern "assault rifle" debate.
Pretty damn cool.
On the subject of marketing EFAD at gun shows, I will be going to one of the biggest gun shows here in Florida the weekend of the 20th-21st (Lakeland Rifle and Pistol Club), and I'd be happy to do my bit to help you spread the word. What approaches would you suggest or have you used already? I was thinking if you could send me a pack of the those large yellow cards with the book cover and contact info on 'em, I could pass them around to every bookseller I see there. . I'll also take with me a copy of the actual book so they can check it out first-hand.
Let me know what you think.
I'm over here in Lake county, and got mine yesterday. Yours shouldn't be too far behind....
No problem! I wouldn't have time to get to in until this weekend anyway.
Cool. The only things that get to me quickly in the mail are bills. :o)
That and a copy of the book to look at should get some interest at the book selling tables.
The kewl tewls of the Republic for which we stand !.........HUA !
Stay Safe !
The man is well armed in any case!
That would be a good pic for the "what guns should I have in my home" threads. You know the ones Eaker starts on Fridays ...........:o)
Stay Safe !!
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