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Book Review: FLASH THE KING by D.K. Kirts

Cats off to D.K. Kirts for bringing life to Flash, the sardonic cat! The progeny of a broken relationship, Flash's main activity is being under foot of his lovely but simple female owner and her, less than loving, ex-housemate/boyfriend. Woven within the framework of their mundane story are several action packed stories of Kirts's other characters caught in the throes of life's survival game.

Each story sheds light on new and significant political issues which have barely been addressed in today's world. In fact, Kirts challenges his reader to become aware of social issues which tend to be covered up or denied by contemporary politicians. Controversial issues like nuclear and environmental pollution, the treatment of survivors of the Viet Nam war, and the use of hemp products are addressed in the book. These issues, as revealed, cover the span of time before the Viet Nam war to the present eve of the Millennium.

Kirts is one of those authors who has a voice which reaches out and must be heard and respected in the culture. He encapsulates individual stories into, what seem to be, parallel universes, but his readers know these parallel events are happening simultaneously in one universe, our own Gaian universe, exhibiting stressful symptoms of an ever growing and expanding culture.

Although reading like fiction, Kirts provides a multidimensional view of history from the sixties to the present. He is among the first to reveal a liberal perspective on the issues associated with this period of time, and when Kirts tells it, he tells it like it was, a wild and chaotic journey through a period of social transition from the close of the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Revolution.

Reviewed by Paras Kaul, Assistant Professor of Electronic Visualization and Neural Audio Imaging Research Artist