When Liberty Dies: A Suspenseful Thriller

by Rick Wood

Suniya is a sweet, tenacious and smart young woman living in modern Britain. She is also an ethnic minority, who has learned to ignore the everyday racism of a divided society. But what happens when the racists refuse to be ignored? Suniya and Eric are happy and in love. They are used the prejudice of others toward their interracial relationship, and they can rise above it. Even when a racist protest threatens to march the streets of the town they live in. Little do they know these people plan to do more than just protest. This isn’t just going to be a group of people marching, and it will not be something Suniya and Eric can simply rise above. As this group shut down the city, silence the police, and block all people coming in and out, Suniya and Eric fear what might happen next. And, when they witness minorities being pulled out of their homes and slaughtered in the street, they realise it is only a matter of time before Suniya is next. Can Suniya and Eric survive the night? Or will they become one of the many to succumb to the violence prejudice can breed? If you want tension, suspense and high stakes, then this is the book for you. Buy now and discover the true horrors this world could face…

270 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 30, 2017

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Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. An absolutely fantastic thriller! Rick Wood took some big risks here, dealing with some very controversial subjects, but he did it all justice. I know that I do not make any political statements in my reviews, my books, or social media posts. The world is just so laden with politics, that I try to distance my literary persona from it. But I'm going to have to make some points known here, as it relates to this book. Now I believe that all politicians are scumbags. Self-serving, egomaniacal public embarrassments, who are more concerned with keeping themselves relevant, as opposed to actually doing their jobs. Confronting societal plagues like racism and oppression, political corruption, gun violence, and other such important topics. In a nutshell, they choose themselves over country, giving credence to the old expression, "You can work an honest job, or just go into politics." And some are better than others are hiding their true intentions, but rest assured, they're all on the same level. I'm bringing all this up, because it is relevant to the material Rick Wood devised here. A country under siege by extremists, who are killing and torturing minorities, to 'save their country.' And the scary part is the similar circumstances that we've seen some of this in the US. People who think they have the right answers, represent the best class of people, or who strive to just hurt others. And they even justify their actions, using God and whatever other lame reasoning to skirt all responsibility for their poor actions and attitudes. And there is zero leadership to wrangle these types of issues, which is disheartening and dangerous to people who just want to live their lives in peace. Rick Wood gives us a look into the mindset of several different minorities in their daily lives, dealing with the ridiculous persecution they face, and then are singled out to be tortured and killed, no different than how the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jews. And I think that the author did a wonderful job making it all realistic, tasteful, and showed just how bad things can get, if proper leadership and management of the citizens around the world is not established at some point. And Wood uses this type of realism here to show how poor the prime minister handles this situation, leaving his people to fend for themselves. It really makes you want to scream at how poor most governments are run. As for the characters, I thought they were all fleshed out really well, especially Eric, who had one helluva progression. I thought it was a strange creative direction to not give more details, or even write a brief chapter, on his dinner where he meets Suniya's parents. I think that could have added some further depth to him, as well as amped up his eventual pivot later in the book. Jack was also fantastic, but I wanted some more about him as a police officer, prior to the attack. But this was a great experience, and I remain a big fan of Rick Wood.

[Ian · Rating 2 out of 5]

A modern day story that highlight’s the message ‘always beware and be vigilant of the dangers, fears and negative ideologies that may exist and grow within your own society’ - a good concept for a book if carefully handled and exposed in a sensible and sensitive way. I thought that this tale of racism, thuggery and right- wing extremism began very strongly and I really enjoyed the start, up to approximately 30% into the book. Unfortunately I found that after this point the story spiralled downwards into an unrealistic, silly and very adolescent plot described in terms of sheer fantastical ‘far-fetched’ happenings and extreme cases of severe violence and aggression. So, not for me, which is a shame after such a good, engaging start and the author’s obvious intent in focusing upon such a powerful, serious and important message for all of us to consider and remember in modern day society of today.

[BAC · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a terrible book by any means but very predictable. The characters tended to be very stereotypical and shallow with the framework of potentially being interesting, but never fully fleshing out. The concept of the plot is very interesting, tho done before, and could have blossomed one to new territory. Instead it plays out to be a repeat of similar morality suspense.

Again, wasn't terrible and the writing style has flow, but without substance.

[Lou · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not the kind of book I would usually read but it was startlingly good because it is frighteningly close to a possible reality in today's society.

[barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

As in the world ways Rick always get the core of a subject and is becoming very real in our world although hope this remains just a book and not reality .Great read once again from Rick

[Danielle Whitten · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. It was predictable but I liked the characters and feel the relevance of the subject matter is important.