A new bureaucracy called the Historical Reparations Administration oversees enforcement of restitution for colonialism and slavery. This is the story of everyday people caught in the crossfire between idealism and technology.
Supercomputers scan old documents while drones monitor both Debtors and Beneficiaries from coast to coast. Reality TV shows and religious cults help the nation atone for its sins.
Reparations USA is the frantically inventive future history that creates an entire world, complete with its own slang and a diverse cast of sympathetic characters.
Philip Wyeth’s exuberant debut novel sets the stage for this timely series which is full of heart... humor... and total surveillance!
This is Book One of the Reparations series. 36,500 words.
Philip Wyeth's writing is imaginative and intense! His fully immersive speculative stories explore what might happen if people actually got everything they say they wanted—politically, technologically, or socially.
Relatable characters, polished prose, and outrageous spectacles ensure that readers are entertained along the way, no matter how high-concept the ideas being explored are.
Inspired by such unique writers as Heinrich von Kleist, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Conrad, and Len Deighton, Wyeth's explosive novels will resonate with fans of Philip K. Dick, Harry Harrison, Robert Sheckley, George Orwell, Michel Houellebecq, and Neal Stephenson.
Also a lifelong fan of heavy metal music and its many sub-genres, Wyeth strives to infuse his work with comparable levels of independence and larger-than-life visions.
I couldn't keep reading it just droning onwards what was the point of this story? It completely seemed as if the author was just counting pages. My advice just skip past this book.