With them, we follow the revolt from its accidental beginning, through its belated planning stages, to a climax where a unique weapon is devised to make Earth surrender. At a moment in history when Americans were putting their brains on Hold or reactionarily tightening the national orifice, Mistress recapitulated the events of 1776 and reaffirmed the intellectual revolution on which they were predicated, while telling a compelling story with persuasive, likeable characters. The literature of liberty offers too few adventures like this.
Mistress is as welcome now as it was then.
This review was published by Laissez Faire Books .