Libertyland: Peter Sacks
During a passionate romance with Garrick Cripps, Suzanne Dreyfus wrote The Liberation Manifesto, a wicked satire of right-wing libertarian philosophy. However, Garrick took Suzanne’s parody seriously and now, many years later, uses it as a blueprint for how to overthrow American democracy in favor of the 1%. But for the revolution to begin, an inciting event, like a Stateside terrorist attack, is needed to convince the public that drastic change in leadership is necessary.
Suzanne, along with Carson McCready, a former Navy SEAL, and Laura Cavendish, a cyber weapons expert, are all that stand between Cripps and leadership of the country. Culminating in a violent denouement, Libertyland shows what could happen if the ideas of a madman go unchecked.
Libertyland is a departure from most thrillers of its ilk. Carson McCready, the main protagonist, breaks the predictable stereotype of the flag-waving uber-patriot. A student of the human condition, he thinks deeply about freedom and individualism, and in the end, he has no choice but to uphold his oath of honor and battle a violent conspiracy that is fueled by the blood of innocents. The themes are timeless. But Libertyland is also timely – a work of fiction that is unique to here and now.
ISBN Paperback: 978-1-922329-57-8
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Garrick Cripps, a lazy but charismatic professor, literally charms the pants off Suzanne Dreyfus and gets her to write a Liberation Manifesto to encapsulate his libertarian beliefs. She does it as a joke, but is shocked to learn that Cripps takes the worship of capitalism over all else seriously—deadly seriously—and claims credit for her work in his quest to build an organization that will replace the U.S. government with a cabal of rich capitalists who will run the country like a corporation, enriching themselves at the expense of everyone else.
Nothing and no one will be allowed to get in Cripps way until he and his associates cross paths with retired navy SEAL Carson McReady. McReady has retired from the navy after being shafted by the bureaucracy and an unscrupulous politician, and is talked into taking a job working with inmates at a county prison. Unbeknownst to him, the inmate program is part of Cripps’ plan to undermine confidence in the government, and ultimately privatize it, staring with the FBI, and is willing to sacrifice innocent lives in his quest. Unfortunately, one of the innocent lives is McReady’s son.
The cabal of libertarians soon learn that there is something worse on their horizon than a government that gets in the way of them making profits – an angry navy SEAL with a grudge to settle.
Libertyland by Peter Sacks is a riveting story of good versus evil in which it becomes difficult to identify who the good guys are at times. It takes a deep dive into the dangers of too much greed and not enough accountability in our institutions that quite literally could’ve been ripped from recent headlines. But Sacks does this all without preaching. Nor does he let history get in the way of a good story that will keep you on the edge of your seat from page one to the stunning conclusion.
I give Libertyland five stars and kudos to a master storyteller.