[marktwain]

Perhaps someone will kindly post the link to www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com, as my HTML skills are sorely lacking?

Thank you

[tomakaze]

sure thing
www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Maybe Matt will help.

Way to go, Travis McGee.

[Larry Lucido]

Excellent. Can't wait to get my copy! I'll have to get an extra copy or two for friends.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I can't wait to get my copies!

It was a great read in the web excerpts, and I understand that it is even better in its final version.

It will be on lots of Christmas lists this year (I already ordered in bulk.)

[Atlas Sneezed]

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.

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I would add the gripping and informative "Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse" by James Wesley, Rawles, which has been describes as: either a survival manual disguised as a novel, or a novel disguised as a survival manual.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156384155X

[bc2]

Another of interest (also by a FReeper, "Ohioan"). I began reading ROTG last night and am already 5 chapters in. As soon as that is competed, I'll start reading EFAD! Go FReepers!!!

Return Of The Gods

A novel based on the Kipling poem The Gods of the Copybook Headings, which confronts the egalitarian fantasies of late 20th Century liberalism, in a riveting tale of intrigue, voluptuosity and violence, as the political economy breaks down under the weight of entitlements.

Charles Stuart, wealthy Virginia patrician, is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent conservative on an anti-feminist, "politically incorrect" platform--better suited to the 18th than the 20th Century. He is gaining ground, but is vulnerable because of a brawling womanizing past.

Maggie Robertson, Sarah Lawrence '92, pretty, intelligent young feminist journalist, is assigned by the New York Times to cover the race. Although considered the perfect antidote to the Virginia "Neanderthal," Maggie is troubled because she does not have an answer to Stuart's rhetoric. She must also come to grips with her own healthy libido and with challenges to her journalistic integrity. Throughout the novel, she wrestles with questions of values and priorities; with the conflicting demands of career and desire; and with some of the more strident realities of human interaction, for which her Ivy League education has not prepared her.

While Congress tries to salvage a collapsing Welfare State, major world banks prepare to withdraw funds before the coming chaos; and ex-C.I.A. operatives, on both the right and left, maneuver for advantage in the expected crisis.

As though to shadow the social deterioration outside, the girls at "Michelle's," an upscale brothel in Virginia, report a sharp increase in requests for the weird and kinky; causing Sarah, a beautiful and successful young whore, whose reaction to Stuart's rhetorical celebration of sex-roles and sexuality is the exact opposite to Maggie's, to reexamine her chosen path, and to embark on a surprising new career.

[soundbits]

Thanks for posting your review. I received my copy ysterday, but I have to wait till the weekend to have time to read. I did sneak a peek at the Prologue, though.

[Dan from Michigan]

Looking forward to my copy.

[jmc813]

I hate when reviewers give away the plot of the book/movie/etc. You did not do this. Good review.

[Travis McGee]

I've found that posting 1/3 of the book on the website has been a tremendous way to bring in readers.

[Joe Brower]

I just got my copies of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic", and it is a total HOOT to actually see the book "in the flesh". AWESOME!. That cover art makes it jump out at you -- it will definitely be picked up by browsers checking out the racks. Now we just need to get it there!

I agree with Marktwain -- BUY IT. READ IT. PASS IT ALONG!

WELL DONE, TRAVIS!

[PatrioticAmerican]

I just got Travis's book in the mail today. Yes, the cover is simplistic, but I think that adds a distinctive effect all its own. It stands out on the bookshelf and is unmistakable, so simplicity in design may be an excellent factor here. I think it is. It also is a hint at the innards of the book. The flag and the concept of it on the cover, to me, signify the simplistic ideals, yet complex nature, of the subject matter at hand.

The writings style is a familiar one, and one I prefer. Travis does a great job of laying out the details in thoughtful order and stating the obvious, while letting the not-so-obvious being an intrigue. He hints at things that make those readers in the know grin, while giving those with little subject matter knowledge an understandable novel.

Many writers prefer to write to one group or the other, such as writers who use acronyms and fail to give their meaning, or who use military tactics or techniques familiar only to those having been in the military. Travis gives a solid story, but adds a few quips here and there that add character to the writing. Yes, some of his writings are for those that understand the world of law enforcement or the military, and that adds a bit of character, but the novel, itself, may be understood by everyone.

This isn’t a blood-n-guts, I-hate-the-government novel. Not by a long shot, and it really isn’t either. It is a novel that shows the state of affairs in America today and one possible story line that describes an outcome to some of our most troubling issues today. It has its action sequences, its interpersonal relationships, and gives real-world information, but it mostly provides a story of common people doing uncommon things in a scary world. Frankly, knowing the subject matter first hand, reading it made the hairs on my neck stand on end. It really does give a sense of uneasiness reading some of the chapters, because we live in the world Travis writes about.

Most storylines give superhero status to the main characters, or assigns seriously unrealistic actions, but Travis stays away from that and, instead, gives a realistic view of the world. That may sound boring, but it certainly isn’t. A novel doesn’t need a boy swinging on a spider line to be of interest, not when the characters in the novel face real-world nail-biting, life or death situations, real enough that the reader may have been in similar situations and can relate.

This is a good, though provoking story, and will no doubt be the start of some interesting conversations.

[yoe]

"distopia"..."dystopia" I think the latter is correct.....

[Badray]

BTTT

[CholeraJoe]

Eagerly awaiting the arrival of my copy. Travis I'm probably the only guy from Montana who ordered it.

[Jeff Head]

Man, oh man...how did I miss THIS thread?

IMHO, Matt has gone a phenominal job, and in a very natural way in the story, to show that there are good people working within the system as well as the bad.

The rogue players are the really bad guys in this novel (and they exist in real life)...the true enemies. But they are abetted by politicians and administrative types who are seeking to turn the event towards their own good instead of towards the good of the people they are sworn to serve...thus they too become domestic enemies.

In addition, there's the "go along to get along" crowd, who also end up being pawns of the rogues.

The book is so good at showing how the dangerous trends could be manipulated by those seeking to play both ends off against each other for their own benefit that it should be sobering to anyone.

In the end...all tyrants do the types of things Matt potrays in his novel.

EFAD gives us a clear message that... 1) There are those who will take advantage of the current trends, the pols and the apathetic...and 2) There are still those in our nation willing to fight to retain their liberty at all costs, in the face of all of the others.

GREAT JOB MATT!

I've got mine and am showing it to as many people as I can...who are going to buy it, read it and then do the same.

[thackney]

BTTT

[hennie pennie]

*bookmark*