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Civil war is imminent in this explosive final chapter of the Consent Of The Governed trilogy.
As the American people prepare to strike back against the twisted monster their government has become, they must answer a single, burning question: Do they have the grit to fight on as the blood of their fellow patriots soaks the very soil they’re fighting for?
Representatives Woods and Cummings seized control after Roberts’ assassination. But are they the masters pulling the strings or merely puppets blinded by their quest for power?
Doctor Malinger, the mastermind behind the government’s social war on dissidents, has branded Nonessentials as defective, as being easily manipulated by Mass Formation Psychosis into believing they have the right to live freely. His solution to keep MFP from mutating into Free Man Syndrome? Labor Therapy!
Questions and accusations swirl as the government’s search to discover the cause of the malfunctioning M4s intensifies. Stinger Machinery sits in the crosshairs. Has Jack been cunning enough to keep the Bureau of Harm Reduction’s boot off his neck?
While the government prepares to unleash One America, Agent in Command Wolfe inches closer to solving the murder of Agent Flume. Neither are concerned with justice, it’s only power and revenge they seek.
Can the Stingers trust the new alliances they’ve forged as they cultivate their strategy and ready themselves for war? A war which will change them forever!
As the American people prepare to strike back against the twisted monster their government has become, they must answer a single, burning question: Do they have the grit to fight on as the blood of their fellow patriots soaks the very soil they’re fighting for?
Representatives Woods and Cummings seized control after Roberts’ assassination. But are they the masters pulling the strings or merely puppets blinded by their quest for power?
Doctor Malinger, the mastermind behind the government’s social war on dissidents, has branded Nonessentials as defective, as being easily manipulated by Mass Formation Psychosis into believing they have the right to live freely. His solution to keep MFP from mutating into Free Man Syndrome? Labor Therapy!
Questions and accusations swirl as the government’s search to discover the cause of the malfunctioning M4s intensifies. Stinger Machinery sits in the crosshairs. Has Jack been cunning enough to keep the Bureau of Harm Reduction’s boot off his neck?
While the government prepares to unleash One America, Agent in Command Wolfe inches closer to solving the murder of Agent Flume. Neither are concerned with justice, it’s only power and revenge they seek.
Can the Stingers trust the new alliances they’ve forged as they cultivate their strategy and ready themselves for war? A war which will change them forever!
284 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 20, 2022
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B.D. Lutz
9 books4 followersI was born in Cleveland, Ohio and now live in NEO (North East Ohio) with my wonderful wife (she told me to say that). We recently became grandparents (young grandparents, mind you). That little angel is the apple of our eyes.
In my early adult life, I spent time as a Repo-Man for a rent-to-own furniture company and bill collector. Then I decided that was a tough way to earn a living and spent twenty-seven years working my way through sales management in corporate America.
I've always wanted to write books, and I realized that we, you and me, have about fifteen minutes on the face of this planet and I needed to do one of the things I had always wanted to do. And, well, this is it.
If you're wondering, yes, I'm a conservative, I own guns, and I hate paying taxes.
In my early adult life, I spent time as a Repo-Man for a rent-to-own furniture company and bill collector. Then I decided that was a tough way to earn a living and spent twenty-seven years working my way through sales management in corporate America.
I've always wanted to write books, and I realized that we, you and me, have about fifteen minutes on the face of this planet and I needed to do one of the things I had always wanted to do. And, well, this is it.
If you're wondering, yes, I'm a conservative, I own guns, and I hate paying taxes.
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July 12, 2022
Author B.D. Lutz wraps up his enthralling "Consent of the Governed" trilogy with OA, bringing his saga of American tyranny and resistance to an exciting conclusion. In OA, the Administration ramps up its efforts to bring every facet of American life under its increasingly despotic control, even as the freedom-loving men and women we've come to know and love throughout the series unleash the counter-offensives they hope will restore liberty to the Land of the Free. But can a small network of revolutionaries hope to triumph against the full power of the federal government and its massive legion of citizen soldiers? And if they fail, will anything be left of America as we know it?
The answer to that second question is a resounding "no" as it is revealed that the Administration (and the puppet masters pulling its strings) are not merely hungry for power--they honestly loathe the historical America and its founding principles and want not only to take it over, but to replace it with something entirely different, something much more strongly resembling communist China or even Nazi Germany (authoritarianism, after all, is always much the same whatever label you put on it). The leaders of the new order talk of freedom and security, but hate the very people they claim to want to save from the evils of racism, nationalism, religion...or Free Man Syndrome.
And one of the scariest aspects of all this is how easily millions of people take the bait. For the sake of conformity, a very false promise of security, and perhaps an opportunity to lord it over their fellow countrymen, countless American citizens thrown away their Constitutional freedoms in the space of just a few months. Now hold on, you say, this is only a fictional narrative. None of this would ever happen in real life. Really? I see signs of it every day on the news. I see a press that has forsaken its sacred trust in order to promote socialism. I see a class of cultural elites who use their social clout to bully others into towing the progressive line. I see a corporate aristocracy that has forgotten all about free enterprise and is now primarily interested in forcing us all to buy the Woke message whether we want it or not. Sure, maybe B.D. Lutz's novels aren't literally playing out before us...but allegorically, they very much are.
The final chapter of "Consent of the Governed" brings everything to a head. The Stinger family and their allies lead a resurgence they hope will inspire Americans all over the Fruited Plain to remember who they are and to take back their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Along the way, and especially near the end, Mr. Lutz gives us some unexpected twists and turns--and not all of them are pleasant. We do get to see some of the bad guys from the series get their due, but the good guys aren't invulnerable and some of them don't get the happy endings we want for them. When all's said and done, we're left with a great trilogy that serves as a powerful anthem to both the priceless value and terrifying fragility of freedom. Will the American dream survive "these troublesome times?" Ultimately, that's up to us.
The answer to that second question is a resounding "no" as it is revealed that the Administration (and the puppet masters pulling its strings) are not merely hungry for power--they honestly loathe the historical America and its founding principles and want not only to take it over, but to replace it with something entirely different, something much more strongly resembling communist China or even Nazi Germany (authoritarianism, after all, is always much the same whatever label you put on it). The leaders of the new order talk of freedom and security, but hate the very people they claim to want to save from the evils of racism, nationalism, religion...or Free Man Syndrome.
And one of the scariest aspects of all this is how easily millions of people take the bait. For the sake of conformity, a very false promise of security, and perhaps an opportunity to lord it over their fellow countrymen, countless American citizens thrown away their Constitutional freedoms in the space of just a few months. Now hold on, you say, this is only a fictional narrative. None of this would ever happen in real life. Really? I see signs of it every day on the news. I see a press that has forsaken its sacred trust in order to promote socialism. I see a class of cultural elites who use their social clout to bully others into towing the progressive line. I see a corporate aristocracy that has forgotten all about free enterprise and is now primarily interested in forcing us all to buy the Woke message whether we want it or not. Sure, maybe B.D. Lutz's novels aren't literally playing out before us...but allegorically, they very much are.
The final chapter of "Consent of the Governed" brings everything to a head. The Stinger family and their allies lead a resurgence they hope will inspire Americans all over the Fruited Plain to remember who they are and to take back their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Along the way, and especially near the end, Mr. Lutz gives us some unexpected twists and turns--and not all of them are pleasant. We do get to see some of the bad guys from the series get their due, but the good guys aren't invulnerable and some of them don't get the happy endings we want for them. When all's said and done, we're left with a great trilogy that serves as a powerful anthem to both the priceless value and terrifying fragility of freedom. Will the American dream survive "these troublesome times?" Ultimately, that's up to us.
February 6, 2023
What if?
B.D. just keeps getting in your head suggesting those things that couldn’t possibly happen in this country could, um…actually happen in this country. Another great read that leaves you wanting more.
B.D. just keeps getting in your head suggesting those things that couldn’t possibly happen in this country could, um…actually happen in this country. Another great read that leaves you wanting more.
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