Review: Echoes of 1984 in the future
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2012
For me, what makes science fiction readable is if it's grounded in a recognisable reality. What I mean is, if the plot has believable roots in the world as we know it, it becomes a 'what if' story and (hopefully) challenges your imagination.Patriotic Treason started a bit shakily, but once it got going the plot (about a United Nations in the future) became quite believable. How many countries / organisations started out with good intent only to be hijacked years later by power mongers or misguided individuals?The story was well paced, with inter chapter passages from a future history book describing the United Nations Peacekeeping Force as seen after it collapsed at the end of the story. I'd give Christopher Nuttall 10 out of 10 for his 'future history' and fall of the UN. The use of propaganda to keep the peace at home and the (mis)use of the military to control a corrupt leadership.All in all a good read marred by lots and lots of awful typos. I rated this book at 4 stars and would have given it 5 but for the annoying typos. Looking forward to the sequel.