Here is another Nuttall treatise on current US politics and and world events.The title is a good one as fear mongers and charlatans cry distracting warnings and calming lies. The media is bought and sold, Police are corrupt and violent. Money can get you whatever you want. When the major power (the USA, China, Russia?) in the empire (our world) collapses, the rest of the galaxy (the countries and economies of our world) falls like dominoes. There are only a few good people out there trying to share truth, make a difference, and perhaps save some of Humanity. But these folks are hounded, arrested, beaten, financially destroyed, and even killed. Sound familiar?
This story takes place on Tarsus, and makes no mention of Stalker on Avalon. The Childe Roland is mentioned, but we still wonder where he is and if he can do anything. That seemed to be important to Stalker, but is becoming less and less so.
Everybody loves Jeffrey Kafer. I even like his reading here although he has no different voices for any of the characters. All the “Yes, Sir”s sound exactly the same from every mouth, every time, all across the galaxy. He misses points of emphasis as if he isn’t scanning ahead far enough to know how the sentences end and should be read. It’s a good enough book, though, while we wait to return to Avalon and the havoc of Admiral Singh.