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Domestic Enemies
Little seeds we sow, and someday they will grow. What if the ill weeds our society wades in today were being planted decades earlier? What if someone had a chance to uproot them? In 1988, an American warship accidentally shoots down an Iranian civilian jetliner. In 2014, whole families are being murdered in middle class neighborhoods in Colorado Springs. Everyone is looking to Lieutenant Darrell Jacobs, one of the only amputees able to return to police work with a mechanical hook, to find the murderer before he kills again. Bioelectronic genius Callie Williams has followed Darrell’s inspirational story and decided he is a gift from God to test her high-tech prosthetic arm. But Darrell, with scars both inside and out, is not the Godly man she believes or remembers him to be. He also comes with enemies—the face that lurks in the lost parts of Darrell’s memory and the God Darrell can’t forgive. They both want to finish what they started. Facing clashing elements of faith and yearning, Darrell and Callie must battle a social engineering expert with an agenda that takes homeland security to a whole new battlefield and will leave you with the uneasy realization that locking your doors will be useless. HEA, stand alone, with no cliffhanger.
399 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 10, 2021
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February 18, 2022
This is going to be a weird review, because I want to talk about the implications of Domestic Enemies more than I do the actual plot. Why? Because the actual plot isn’t that noteworthy. It’s a spec-fic about a guy with a bionic arm chasing Islamic terrorists. Kent Wyatt’s writing is amateurish, but serviceable. It’s a mediocre, forgettable novel. But then there’s the twist at the end: an almost literal Kumbaya moment as Black and white people come together to stop terrorism. God Bless America.
We did all this by getting together as a Christian family, blacks helping whites and whites helping blacks. Nobody was worrying about who did what in the past.
Wyatt places the whole book in the context of this resolution. This is why he wrote the book. This is the theme. Black people should stop complaining about injustice and worrying about the past! One could point out that it isn’t just the past that Black people are worried about—it’s the present, as well. But Wyatt also addresses that earlier in the book through one of the characters:
“I know you’re scared for Antonne, but all the cops I know are good people. They wouldn’t hurt him unless they were scared themselves.”
“Well, there’s bad ones. Look at what happened back east. Those boys got shot and the riots and all. Those cops shot those black boys for no reason.”
The statements troubled Callie, but she kept a kind expression, “I wasn’t there and I try not to get caught up in the media hype. That stuff is really all about what sells. I know one thing, there’s bad black people, too.”
So, yeah. Cops are good people, but don’t scare them because they’ll murder you. And don’t forget there are bad black people. No worries, though, when faced with a common enemy like Muslims, we’ll all come together to save America.
Domestic Enemies takes a hard right turn from mediocre spec-fic to full-on Christian nationalist propaganda. If you think Donald Trump is still the legitimate president, this a five-star read. But otherwise, it’s banal plot, clunky dialogue, and nationalistic moralism are just too much to endure.
We did all this by getting together as a Christian family, blacks helping whites and whites helping blacks. Nobody was worrying about who did what in the past.
Wyatt places the whole book in the context of this resolution. This is why he wrote the book. This is the theme. Black people should stop complaining about injustice and worrying about the past! One could point out that it isn’t just the past that Black people are worried about—it’s the present, as well. But Wyatt also addresses that earlier in the book through one of the characters:
“I know you’re scared for Antonne, but all the cops I know are good people. They wouldn’t hurt him unless they were scared themselves.”
“Well, there’s bad ones. Look at what happened back east. Those boys got shot and the riots and all. Those cops shot those black boys for no reason.”
The statements troubled Callie, but she kept a kind expression, “I wasn’t there and I try not to get caught up in the media hype. That stuff is really all about what sells. I know one thing, there’s bad black people, too.”
So, yeah. Cops are good people, but don’t scare them because they’ll murder you. And don’t forget there are bad black people. No worries, though, when faced with a common enemy like Muslims, we’ll all come together to save America.
Domestic Enemies takes a hard right turn from mediocre spec-fic to full-on Christian nationalist propaganda. If you think Donald Trump is still the legitimate president, this a five-star read. But otherwise, it’s banal plot, clunky dialogue, and nationalistic moralism are just too much to endure.
June 12, 2022
This has a very relevant and frightening premise (home-grown terrorism) and there is some great technology used through the story which I expect is what gives it the science fiction tag.
This is essentially a detective story with it opening in the past with an apparent serial killer having committed another crime. Darrell Jacobs, loses his arm when an undercover operation goes wrong, and eventually the story brings us around to the converging of the two incidents.
Callie Williams, is a super smart bioelectronic geek, who creates a very special prosthetic arm for Darrell. It’s a lot of fun seeing what this arm can do (think Iron Man).
It was a good story but would have been even better if it had been about 100 pages shorter. The author tended to drag out scenes that went for pages and pages which robbed the story of a lot of the suspense. An experienced editor would have picked a lot of this up, tightened the action scenes and kept the suspense high.
Further, I was surprised that for a detective story there wasn’t a lot of detective work. The crime case sort of goes missing for a chunk of the story while Darrell gets his new arm and the relationship between he and Callie develops. Then suddenly, we’re into the case, Calliie gets kidnapped and Darrell and his partner ‘tell us’ what the likely bad guy scenario is, which lo and behold, plays out. This was no FBI or Criminal Minds.
Some Christian authors can tend to preach a bit too much rather than letting the movement in their character’s arcs over the story demonstrate their growing faith.
Overall, I enjoyed the read and the tech wizardry was a lot of fun to read.
This is essentially a detective story with it opening in the past with an apparent serial killer having committed another crime. Darrell Jacobs, loses his arm when an undercover operation goes wrong, and eventually the story brings us around to the converging of the two incidents.
Callie Williams, is a super smart bioelectronic geek, who creates a very special prosthetic arm for Darrell. It’s a lot of fun seeing what this arm can do (think Iron Man).
It was a good story but would have been even better if it had been about 100 pages shorter. The author tended to drag out scenes that went for pages and pages which robbed the story of a lot of the suspense. An experienced editor would have picked a lot of this up, tightened the action scenes and kept the suspense high.
Further, I was surprised that for a detective story there wasn’t a lot of detective work. The crime case sort of goes missing for a chunk of the story while Darrell gets his new arm and the relationship between he and Callie develops. Then suddenly, we’re into the case, Calliie gets kidnapped and Darrell and his partner ‘tell us’ what the likely bad guy scenario is, which lo and behold, plays out. This was no FBI or Criminal Minds.
Some Christian authors can tend to preach a bit too much rather than letting the movement in their character’s arcs over the story demonstrate their growing faith.
Overall, I enjoyed the read and the tech wizardry was a lot of fun to read.
February 12, 2022
page turner. . .
I loved this book. I love it when I find a good read that you just don’t want to put it down until the end. Reinforces faith and through God all things are possible.
I loved this book. I love it when I find a good read that you just don’t want to put it down until the end. Reinforces faith and through God all things are possible.
June 11, 2022
DOMESTIC ENEMIES is unlike anything Kent Wyatt has done before, so it's difficult to argue that it's his best book, but it is his best writing to date and very timely. Highly recommended.
February 5, 2025
Wonderful!
Action and technology ,terrorists and romance. Wonderful Christian story that includes prior sentence and most of all God.
I recommend it.
Action and technology ,terrorists and romance. Wonderful Christian story that includes prior sentence and most of all God.
I recommend it.
June 10, 2025
interesting from start to end
Like how the author uses the scripture to show that God wins all the time. Good suspense as well. Well worth the read.
Like how the author uses the scripture to show that God wins all the time. Good suspense as well. Well worth the read.
March 23, 2022
Unforgetable, original plot that had me on the edge of my seat. All too real scenarios -- I'm still looking over my shoulder. Appreciated and
loved the Christian perspective. This book proves a great story can be written without vulgar language. Thank you. Can't wait to read the other books by Kent Wyatt "Seeing Beyond" and "Ears to Hear". And anything else he writes!
loved the Christian perspective. This book proves a great story can be written without vulgar language. Thank you. Can't wait to read the other books by Kent Wyatt "Seeing Beyond" and "Ears to Hear". And anything else he writes!
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