Resurrection Militia

by James C. Landers

It can’t happen here… Fringe Media are a petri dish empowering extremists across the nation to share grievances, find common ground, and plan mayhem. A national extremist militia cultivates an informal coalition with local militias while training its own disciplined members to attack a target city. Why? Because the militia commander believes the federal government has usurped the authority of states, local governments, and schools granted in the Constitution by the Founders. The militia commander intends to compel Congress to revise the Constitution to resurrect independent local governance. An elite team of government communications surveillance analysts and investigators becomes aware of the militia and its plan. The investigative team realizes an attack is imminent. But where? And when? …It does happen here.

377 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 2, 2026

About the author

Hello. In chronological order: during the year after high school graduation I was a stockyard worker, delivery truck driver, repo vehicle driver, and bank teller-- only the teller's job was full time. I took night classes at a community college, but that made me draft bait for Vietnam War. I enlisted Air Force, served tours in VN as a codebreaker of enemy radio/voice transmissions. GI Bill paid for college (first on either side of family to get a degree). 21-year newspaper career, 3-year co-publisher of city magazine and typesetting/graphic arts shop (failure). Back to newspapers. Then college prof (mag writing, communications law, media history). 2 history books published (Weekly War: Newsmagazines and Vietnam; Improbable First Century of Cosmopolitan Magazine -- each bought by about 2,200 libraries); first novel Vanguard In The Gilded Age (2024), now another novel, Resurrection Militia (2026). Happily married for 40-plus years. Active in animal welfare organizations.