Free E-book: A State of Disobedience
I recommended this excellent and timely future history novel
on my blog sometime ago. Here's what I wrote: Tom Kratman, a retired Army
LtCol, has become my favorite living science fiction author. (I have to say
"living" because I have sat at the feet of Robert Heinlein since 8th
grade-, 55 years ago.) Kratman writes military science fiction, some set in the
far future (see A Desert Called Peace)
and some, as with this book, set in the very near future. Thus, having been
published in 2005, means it is now in the near past. Never-the-less, it is
still as timely as tomorrow's headlines. Briefly, the federal government has
fallen into tyranny, with de facto suspension of freedom of the press, freedom
of speech and wide spread police powers established in federal agencies. All
for the "good of the people," of course. But one state won't go
along. A State of Disobedience explores
the dichotomy between government power and freedom. This is Kratman's first
published novel, but it bears all the touches of the master: believable
characterization, intricate plot twists and heart-pounding action. History
buffs will delight in picking out the many historical allusions in the book.
For my health, I need about nine hours of sleep a night--and with A State of Disobedience finished, I can
start getting it again. I highly recommend this novel.
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