Political Thriller Book Reviews

Fracktured by Lance Simmens

Fracktured by Lance Simmens is a political novel following the lives of three people: a politician and his wife, and a madam, all trying to navigate a world in which the political system is broken, affecting all our lives. Primarily, the book centers around the fossil fuel industry, and society’s addiction to oil. Far from touting “Drill, Baby, Drill” this is an anti-fracking novel to the core, exposing how toxic fracking has become: both in what it does to communities, and how toxic the political discourse has become.

There’s a danger in a policy wonk writing a work of fiction […]

Henry Baum2024-07-30T15:36:59+02:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Political Thriller Book Reviews|

Review: Nuclear Affairs by J. Albert Griffiths ★★★★

Set in 1952, Nuclear Affairs is the debut novel of author J. Albert Griffiths that explores the new and terrifying world of early post-nuclear global politics. As the US military struggles to understand and manage its own nuclear research in the first decade of the Cold War, the newly-formed United States Air Force bears numerous burgeoning roles in its struggle for legitimacy.

We follow the stories of several lives caught up in the numerous changes in the national, international, and American household status quo, including young recruits, aging veterans, housewives, and secret agents, and stumble upon a conspiracy that […]