MY REVIEW
How bad would things have to be for you to want to secede from the union?
The Divided States novel by Bob Thomas supplies food for thought.
David Evans didn’t have a political bone in his body. He was only at the New Year’s Eve event because he could run the audio visual equipment. But, he was the face that was seen when chaos ensued, when states decided they didn’t want to be a part of the United States any more. They wanted their independence, able to choose their own government, their own laws.
A reporter, Jen O’Neil comes knocking at his door, wanting to know more about him. Of course, it’s easy to figure out that a romance may blossom between them.
It makes me wonder, how big is too big? Do individuals get lost in the shuffle and politicians have their own agendas, forgetting who they work for?
I found Divided States by Bob Thomas to be fascinating. It sure is a different way of looking at our government and the current leaders. I remember when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was dissolved and states broke away, becoming their own countries, in 1991. Why could it not happen to us? Just food for thought.
My thanks to Bob Thomas for the opportunity to read and review Divided States.
GOODREADS BLURB
EMPIRES RISE AND FALL…
What if you lived in a country with an overly restrictive government that used technology to suppress individual freedoms?
When David Evans agreed to help with the technical details of staging a New Year’s Eve event in the small city of Penndelom, PA, he could never have imagined what their fireworks would set off.
Suddenly, David’s world erupts into chaos as the United States breaks into new geographic regions. Is this new found order better than the old?
Together with new-found ally, confident, and more – Jen O’Neil, they work with a charismatic governor, to survive several events that mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one.
DISCOVER HOW ONE SMALL CITY CAN RESHAPE A COUNTRY
- Genre: Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Ficiton
- 274 pages, Paperback
- Published June 3, 2025 by Willow River Press
ABOUT BOB THOMAS
A lifelong love of the written word first led Bob to a professional career in communications. During a tenure that began with a small, de novo operation, Bob oversaw all aspects from advertising, web development, and public relations to more technical editorial tasks, but the written word was always the common denominator. Recently, he co-authored a blog, which has been on hiatus the past two years while Bob pursued his early love of fiction and completed his novel Divided States.
Bob and his wife Molly have two adult children, Caitlin and Dylan, which became three with the addition of Dylan’s wife Kelly. Bob and Molly split time between Dallas and Harvey’s Lake in Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Bucknell University.
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