Author Matthew H.
Who occupies the moral high ground? Who decides which side is right? How far is this fictional government willing to go in the name of retaining control? How can the little guys function in a modern world of instant surveillance and overwhelming firepower available to be brought to bear? Who is left in the middle between viewpoints to figure out what America will look like in a world where Americans view their own as enemies..
What had once been the hand to feed has now become the threat to his existence and those who hold his values dear.
All security is strewn upon the winds though when a government interdiction hits very close to home for Graham.
Up until the Flashpoint , the company had survived on government contracts.
Leading the company is Navy SEAL veteran, Graham Pinchot.
Across the country, a private military contract company called Patriots USA calls southern California home.
What happens next threatens to burn America down from within.
The audacity of President Tinsley and those who support him suffocates balance within America and triggers an uprising.
In this climate, a leader emerges in D.
C., who operates on the mandate of an overwhelming election.
Within the story, the Flashpoint occurs at a specific moment though some might reasonably presume the events were set in motion far ahead of time in the exodus away from America\'s compromising middle.
Flashpoint is a frenetically paced, politically charged drama.
He accomplishes this by leading the reader along with the use of numerous point of view characters, each of whom views the events of Flashpoint through their own moral lense.
Whittington does not force-feed those views on the reader.
While the author almost certainly has his own views, Mr.
Depending upon how far readers lean toward either extreme, they may identify the antagonists and protagonists completely differently.
In an age of real-time surveillance and instant response capabilities, what is to restrain a narcissistic megalomaniac from imposing by force his will over free people? What makes this work of fiction unique is the readers themselves.
Whittington delves into the lessons of American history and civics to take a speculative look at extreme dynamic relationships between American politics and the governed.
Author Matthew H
