Review: A gripping story about resistance to tyranny
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
The gags in “Electronic Gags” are not jokes about computer technology. In fact there is nothing jokey about these gags at all. They're just the latest fiendish invention, devised by the corrupt and all controlling government of President for life Brandon Ward of the 10 provinces of America, to terrorise an already petrified population. This book introduces us to a state which has succeeded the United States of America and which, in its totalitarian megalomania, makes Stalin's Russia seem like a democratic paradise. The entire population is spied on by an all seeing security service and the slightest hint of dissent or criticism of the president is guaranteed to mean instant arrest, followed by a date before a firing squad.When the oppressive government rolls out a policy of electronically gagging all adults, with a collar which limits free speech by administering electric shocks to the people when they talk too much, it provides a spur to resistance for one brave freedom fighter.I don't want to spoil things for the reader, by giving out any more details of how this really exciting and dramatic story develops. Suffice it to say, that I expected to spend at least a couple of days reading this book, but because once I started, it proved impossible to leave down, I got finished in a morning.This is the second book I've read by K. Muzira. The first one was called “The Thirteenth Disciple”. I gave five stars to that excellent book and, without hesitation, the same number goes to this one.