Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken
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Book Reviews of Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Book Review: This book really appealed to the paranoid in me.
Summary: 5 Stars
I wanted to chime in and say that I also enjoyed and would recommend this book. Others have already posted more detailed and better written reviews of this book which surprises me. I'm not surprised that they were positive reviews; I'm just surprised that after reading the book most readers weren't too paranoid to WRITE a review. Of course that's the sign of a good conspiracy novel, it makes you afraid!
This is one of my favorite conspiracy books since Unintended Consequences by John Ross. If you liked that one you'll love this one, guaranteed. Without giving away the story, if you enjoy shooting and/or if you enjoy conspiracy novels and have an open mind you will like this book.
In my opinion, the good guys don't make a good story good, the bad guys do. The more evil the villain the better the story potential. Think about the movies "The Terminator", "Die Hard" and "Independence Day". They all had exceptionally well done villains. This book has some bad dudes in it that you are going to really enjoy hating, they even smoke!
The book is well written and the main characters are interesting and likeable without being superhuman. An added bonus is that the female characters weren't merely mobile window dressings that tripped and fell every time they were chased. I also like that the author didn't take the "easy way out" in certain events. Assuming Hollywood ever made this into a movie, Michael Moor would NOT be involved and they would never film it the way that it is written.
This book appealed to the paranoid in me. I loved the book but felt a wave of uneasiness the entire time that I was reading it. Now that I'm older, I no longer get jumpy while reading a Stephan King type book late at night but this book made me start listening again for noises outside my window.
This is not the type of book that you will ever see on a book shelf in the mall. Buy it now, while you still can.
Book Review: Important, and Enjoyable!
Summary: 5 Stars
Through the first 3/4 of the book it was so real I found myself getting depressed ... I had to stop and tell myself it hasn't happened *yet*.
And I really mean it when I stress the "yet"; I remember reading Tom Clancy's "Debt Of Honor" almost ten years ago, and not really believing someone would fly a plane into a building as a way to commit murder.... and in his latest novel, he has terrorists wiping out the unarmed crowds in shopping malls. It hasn't happened - yet.
Then I look at the Democratic Underground, Handgun Control Inc., Senator Feinstein - yeah, this could really happen. There are people out there serious (or seriously deranged) enough to make this believable.
Good wakeup call for those not already aware of what's slowly but surely happening today in our country.
But treating it as a work of fiction - albeit an extremely important one - I'll give it 4.5 stars (I rounded up). The characters are as real as those in any other novel and the book itself is hard to put down. The author either did some serious research or else he's an expert in quite a few categories, I found very little technically to complain about. The use of thinly disguised real names and products added immensely to the enjoyment. It's more than good enough to read even without the underlying message.
If only we could find a way to get the gun fearing/grabbing portion of the population to read this. If you do enough research, you'll realize that this is why the 2nd Amendment was put in the Constitution. Unfortunately, I fear that only those who already support it will be reading this book - but I beg those who don't to read it, and try looking from a different point of view; the one held by 80 million Americans who realize guns are not evil, but some people are.
I'm anxiously awaiting a sequel.
Book Review: Thought provoking, page turning fiction.
Summary: 5 Stars
My advice: buy this book and the sequel because before you finish the first one you'll be aching to start the second. If you are unfamiliar with this genre of fiction but you like political thrillers, conspiracy, guns, and the gun culture then you are in for a real treat and this book is the right place to start. This book and its sequel (the second in a promised trilogy) are real page-turners. There are a number of similar authors in this genre like John Ross, Rawles, Boston T. Party and David Crawford among others. Each of these authors have written books in which ordinary folks rise to extraordinary challenges in response to a national crisis of some sort, e.g. economic disaster, terrorist attacks or civil war. These books feature believable "every man/woman" characters who perform heroically in a selfless and patriotic manner, typically unseen in American today. Any of these books are good but in my opinion Enemies Foreign and Domestic is the place to start if you are new to this type of fiction. It avoids the do-it-yourself instructional approach of some of the others in this genre and instead focuses on a believable, fast-paced and frightening story line while developing characters who could be your own neighbors. Believe me you won't put this book down once you've started reading. Bracken takes a classic approach where multiple story lines converge to an exciting climax with a surprising and dramatic finish. The attention to detail on things like the battle and rescue scenes, government black ops, and small arms tactics are accurate and precise, much better than you get with the mainstream writers of political intrigue.Book Review: Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Summary: 5 Stars
Matthew Bracken's novel "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" is a well written, modern day thriller with the harrowing implications of what can happen when a government goes after a person's right to bear arms. Bracken did his research well, noting how many don't know the difference between a .22 and a .223 caliber round, and showing how the media can portray the most awful of incidents into a spin frenzy of hate that allows sympathy to shelter the minds of the sheep, allowing the Janet Reno types to unleash the ATF in full force.
The intensity of this fictional story is that you can actually see it really happening. Those that are fully aware of the incidents of Waco and Ruby Ridge, as well as the threat to the constitution in general will be thrilled to see how the facts are laid out as the base for this story and the characters involved.
Beyond the message, the story is superb, with a multitude of characters that range from everyday Joes to Federal big wigs. Although at times the descriptions seem a bit trite, the overall plot and action packed scenes flow very seamlessly from one chapter to the next, while also educating the reader on issues that they may have otherwise never heard on their local network television. Bracken's novel is one of adventure, action, intrigue and self discovery as it makes a reader think about their role as a citizen and the abusive powers of government over people. The novel is a period piece of a sort, taking place shortly after September 11th, 2001.
Highly Recommended.
Book Review: Cynical manipulation
Summary: 5 Stars
The Founding Forefathers created the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights right after the First Amendment for a very good reason--that Federal bureaucrats do not think like ordinary citizens, and the ordinary citizens may have to protect themselves from a Federal law enforcement bureaucracy run amok with irresponsible, undisciplined, evil people. This is especially true in today's environment. They are good at covering their tracks, by using planted evidence, patsies and dupes as fall guys to take the blame, with a naive media eagerly lapping up the government explanations. In 1963, Oswald was heard to say he was a patsy in the killing of JFK, and may well have been. McVeith may have been an unwitting dupe in the OK bombing. We already know for a fact that totalitarian Marxist agents use coercion and threats of all kinds to get dupes to do their bidding. The book Enemies Foreign and Domestic, clearly points this out. The book is an eye-opener that points out what can happen when the ordinary people blindly believe their government officials. As an observer recently said, "Those who believe their government officials are fools."
It is also a primer on how to fight the evil encroachment on civil rights. History is replete with lessons, and those that fail to learn those lessons are doomed to repeat them. In today's world, more and more senseless, PC anti-gun laws deprive ordinary citizens of their right to self defense, while the violent, armed criminals pay no attention to the laws. Highly recommended.