Review: OK, but....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2013
The writing is good for an indie book.  I had a hard time understanding the moral acceptance of the main character and his family.  Dawson's star is more than a matriarchal.  All men are under the control of women.  They have no rights; they cannot own property or a business.  The best they can do is become a minor employee with no power.  Their only protection is the "honor" of the women they come in contact with.  To symbolize their bondage (marriage), men wear a metal collar and manacles that only their wife's can remove.  Some women and all wives can invade their husbands' minds at any time and take control of their bodies.  This action is supposed to be rude (not immoral) to do, but the main character's wife does this on a constant bases.The main character is tricked into the marriage, injured in fighting for his wife and placed in a hospital where his wife starts making all his health decisions without his consent.  His family shows up and is ok with their son becoming a slave.  They even actively support his enslavement.I just had a difficult time with this moral acceptance by the main character and his parents.