Review: Loved this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
Preston Fleming has created a all-too-realistic world where the all-powerful totalitarian government has incarcerated any person deemed to be undesirable in work camps. Paul Wagner - a former vitamin businessman - finds himself  convicted of sedition and is sent off to Kamas, joining several thousand other political prisoners who are forced to perform hard labor and face intolerable living conditions. Eventually, the prisoners rise up in rebellion and Paul finds himself just out of center-stage but an important participant in the events that follow. Meanwhile, he does not know the whereabouts of his wife and daughters, though he does learn that his eldest daughter is nearby and believes the rest of his family was incarcerated as they had attempted to flee the country.This is not a cheerful book, but there's plenty of hope and uplifting moments that make it a very enjoyable read. I found that I really cared about the characters, distrusting the bad guys, angry at the lying administrators and believing in Paul and the anti-Unionists. If you think that this sort of thing couldn't happen here, think again. Preston Fleming includes quotes from dictators ranging from Hitler to Pol Pot to remind us of the relevancy of this book. Readers who like Solzhenitsyn and Franken will love this book - the first in a trilogy (I've read them all now and each one is outstanding!)It's just a matter of time before Fleming gets "discovered" by a major publishing house. It's rare to find an intelligent author writing such a well-plotted and well-written book who is still an Indie. Highly recommended!