We the People, A Premonition, by Russell Razzaque and T. MacGregor (Omni House Press, 2025, $9.99, 244pp PB)
Have you wondered what the future will bring, politically? Children do: they have illogical fears. I know I did- about nuclear war. Well, the future is now, or at least on its way and visible. This dystopian novel creates one such future.
The cover is magnetic - amid a destroyed New York City is featured Lady Liberty with injuries - this contradicts the title, We the People. The reader must read to find out why the contradiction. Or, reading the back cover, the reader is given a glimpse of the plot, setting and characters (and AI). It most likely will be a thriller but perhaps an unsettling thriller (and it's good to have both women and men protagonists).
We the People is a fast read and one that appeals to Hiispanic readers. The authors do a good job of inserting Spanish sentences whose meanings can be deduced in the following text.
The Table of Contents is interesting: chapter titles are One, Two, Three (with the final chapter being called "Now it's over to you!") and appear in Part One, Two or THREE [sic] as if the authors or publisher couldn't come up with better titles - but I like them!
*Lines are spaced rather far apart vertically and, unfortunately, too many errors are still present (the Mariel boat life took place in 1980 not 1982, e.g.) which include occasional uneven spacing between words. Where are the proofreaders when you need them?
Given all this, People is well written, well thought out and a different yet fascinating read for discussion.
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