REPUBLIC: A NOVEL OF AMERICA'S FUTURE by Charles Sheehan-Miles

Cincinnatus Press
Cary, North Carolina 27513
Genre: Fiction/Literature
Rating: Very Good
ISBN: 9780979411427, $16.95, 344 pp.

Quoting from the back cover:

"A domestic terrorist attack evokes a violent and oppressive response from the U.S. government . . . a labor dispute ends in violence . . . a young boy lies dying of a rare disease with no hope in sight.

"When the conflict focuses on a small town in West Virginia, Ken Murphy, Iraq veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the West Virginia National Guard, must find a way to protect his family and community in a world turned upside down.

"In a future America terrifying to behold, Republic evokes the specter of civil war in a world that is simultaneously familiar and changed beyond recognition."

Republic is a very interesting, thought provoking story about the loss of jobs due to corporate greed, abuse of power by government agencies, and a civil war.

Charles Sheehan-Miles is an exceptional writer, and Republic is his second novel. I reviewed his first novel, Prayer at Rumayla - A Novel of the Gulf War in June 2007. And I repeat . . . I like his writing style, honesty and courage and hope you will too.