David Shelton

Smashwords book reviews by David Shelton

  • Thieves Emporium on Sep. 13, 2013

    This book presents a plausible view of a dystopian future not too far removed from the present. The world revealed in this book is the product of two trends that have been ongoing for an extended period time, namely the nation's economic decline and the erosion of civil liberties. It is very timely, given the Patriot Act with it's extrajudicial assassinations and suspension of habeas corpus, the recent revelations of politically motivated abuses by the IRS and the government's electronic eavesdropping program run amok. The FEMA camps described in the book don't seem quite as far fetched as they might have just a few years ago.