Review: For Some … Fiction, For Others … Today's Reality
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2013
Veteran reporter, Charlie Harris is called to the scene of a grizzly massacre in the middle of the night.  When he arrives, patrol cars, the riot squad, members of the militia and the forensic team surround the scene, but he is personally met and escorted by Police Chief Inspector Quist.Harris quickly figures out he is being used, for what purpose he doesn't know, but he does know that he doesn't want to be there.  One of the murder victims is the Militia's Chief Intelligence Officer.If that isn't bad enough, the murderers have left their signature, a white rose, the calling card of a terrorist cell of The People's Liberation Front.The city is on fire and the country is about to explode into an all out war.The author, David S. Wellhauser spins a story of political intrigue in vividly exquisite detail as civil liberties are revoked and the country descends into martial law under the War Measures Act.  Revolutionary groups, police, provincial and country militias all fight for control, and the most frightening of them is the military which engineers atrocity after atrocity in their political maneuvers and attempt to seize control .  All have a hand in the new order and the chaos of a broken nation, but who is culpable?Wellhauser paints an unrelenting picture of the myriad political involvements in a country that has gone mad.  He delves deeply into the characters and psyches of the various players whether they are instigators or pawns in the on-going intrigues.As Charlie Harris races to find out who is responsible, he finds himself in the middle of warring political factions and he becomes a prime target. His career, his friends and his very survival are at stake.As I was reading this well-crafted tale, I was aware that today, there are nations in this world who are undergoing similar upheavals and people who are fighting for their lives.  This is their story, and without care, could be ours.