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Foreign Enemies And Traitors

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Will America survive the upcoming years as a "sovereign nation," or will the hideous dream of one-world government be our fate? This is the paramount issue facing America in the 21st century; it transcends all other concerns.

In Foreign Enemies and Traitors, Matt Bracken has created a brilliant Atlas Shrugged like narrative of how this issue might play out amidst the economic meltdown now consuming us. Conservatives and libertarians throughout America will take to this tale like the colonists took to Tom Paine in 1776.

As the story begins, the Second Great Depression (what Bracken has dubbed the "Greater Depression") rages throughout America. The country is splitting up geographically with several secessionist movements in response to a radical leftist administration recently ushered into power in Washington. But the country has also been struck with a horrific earthquake that levels Memphis, TN and the surrounding Mississippi River valley. This causes massive panic made all the worse by hordes of refugees, pillaging war lords, and the inevitable reversion to barbarism that such societal collapses bring.

In response to the chaos resulting from the economic depression, the secessionist movements and the earthquake, America's President has invited "foreign troops" under the aegis of U.N. control into the country to try and suppress the rebels and establish a powerful centralized government again under Washington's grip.

Mr. Bracken thrusts into this mix a cast of heroic characters with names like Boone Vikersun and Phil Carson (think Daniel and Kit if your historical memory is sluggish) -- to fight a guerrilla war in, of all places, the state of Tennessee against the overweening powers of a grotesquely corrupt Washington. Pure gold! Boone and Carson in the 21st century fighting for the Republic.

The female lead, Jenny McClure, is a winsome, feisty teenager -- just waking up to the cruelty of an adult world turned upside down -- and about as courageous as humans get. Upon reading of her trials and how she measures up to them, the emotion felt is twofold: immense awe and the hope that if life's tribulations ever presented such dilemmas to ourselves, our reactions would be equally as spirited in manner.

The book's galvanic plot is tension-packed and unfolds with startling surprises right up to the end. Numerous scenes occur throughout in which courage, patriotism, and honor come into play in such emotionally riveting ways as to bring a physical tingling sensation to the back of one's neck.

At stake is a clash of governing philosophies between the socialist left and the free-enterprise right, between the "new Constitution" illegally rammed through in a panicky Constitutional Convention and the "old Constitution" which spawned America from the beginning and was the law of the land for 125 years until collectivists degraded it into a "living document" to be reinterpreted with Mad Hatter's logic.

Overlying all this is the defense backbone of the nation -- our military forces -- and what side they must choose in this epic clash between the treasonous forces of the new-world order in Washington and the loyalist forces of freedom amidst the patriotic states. The former trumpets the "new" Constitution and its implementation, while the latter fights for the "old" Constitution and its restoration. Which Constitution do we uphold? The military's leading generals must decide which to defend, and it makes for a crackerjack story that will keep you reading late into the night as Bracken's trio of Americanist heroes -- Boone, Carson, and Jenny -- are drawn into one escapade after another to defend the rebellious states and attempt to take the country back from a quisling President and his perverse entourage of socialist apparatchiks.

Bracken writes vividly and integrates all the subtle nuances of today's leftist media / academy brainwash into the dialogue. His grasp of their pernicious semantic twistings is impeccable. Moreover the didacticism of the book is written into the scenes perfectly. No long-winded lectures to take away from the pace of the story; but numerous pithy and powerful expressions of what freedom, the Constitution, and America are all about come forth from his characters.

Foreign Enemies and Traitors could be one of those "turning point" books of American history. I only hope that someone like Glenn Beck or Patrick Buchanan will read it. It is a book that would explode on the charts if they started promoting it. Of course, the political left will come down on this tome like a blitzkrieg to try and kill the message of its talented author if it looks like widespread popularity is coming his way. But that goes with the territory when one writes of patriotism and honor in an era that worships acquiescence and popularity.

This is a book that all freedom-loving Americans will enjoy immensely -- not just because it is a cogent political accounting of what America's problems are and what the military's proper response to the constitutional implications must be, but also because it is a splendid, scintillating story. The author has combined the two areas of "message" and "plot" together in a most persuasive and entertaining manner. Move over Tom Clancy.

Matthew Bracken has exceeded my expectations with Foreign Enemies and Traitors! I just finished the third book of the trilogy and am amazed that he could write a third book that beats his first two! If you only read one book this year - this has to be the one you read! Matthew Bracken has provided another outstanding story that seems more real than fiction. It's a page-turner you can't put down! Wake up America and read what our future could hold for all of us! I can't compliment Bracken enough on the trilogy and this book makes me look forward to reading everything he writes! Bracken's books are in the "must read" category and I highly recommend them. Foreign Enemies and Traitors should make the Best Seller List!

Matt Bracken has done it again. Foreign Enemies and Traitors is the third in his 'Enemies' trilogy.

First was Enemies Foreign and Domestic. Shootings at a stadium result in a ban of all semiauto rifles. This leads to resistance and the story of several who participate to stop and expose the tyranny'

Those efforts are only partly successful. The situation gets worse.

In Domestic Enemies the Reconquista, we see the Southwest carved up by communist hispanics as the US continues to deteriorate. It is an intricate story of how people suffer much in order to be free.

Foreign Enemies and Traitors takes place in the aftermath of two catastrophic earthquakes in the Midwest. There have been further splits amongst the States. Foreign troops are enlisted to 'pacify' a rebellious West Tennessee. The rot is almost complete for the Republic and the country is on its way to take its place in a one world government.

Again, recurring and new characters resist. They are people of honor who willingly fight to begin restoring the Constitutional Republic.

They are folks with their own faults. These are true human beings.

Villains are shall I say, quite reminiscent of current real life traitors. The events are fictitious. But, they are plausible and illustrate what is happening re the destruction of our Freedom.

Socialism/communism is rotting the fabric that made us great. Traitors who have no regard for our Freedom have labored long to see to our demise and induction into worldwide socialism.

Matt has given us three great reads that are thought provoking and challenging.

'It is meant to leave people thinking, "What would I do? When do I have to make a decision?" Otherwise, our country is doomed to drift into permanent, hard core socialism.' So says Matt himself. I completely agree.

Also, he paints a picture of the cost of fighting for Freedom. There are no knights on white horses. There are no complete tidy answers. There is a lot of struggle, death and privation. War is indeed hell.

There are people who are committed to real justice, to righting wrongs, often in very graphic ways.

This challenges us in the real world to think about what we must do and the price. Are we willing to do the work so that one day the blood sweat tears and dirt are worth it?

Though Foreign Enemies and Traitors wraps up Matt's trilogy, it by no means gives a tidy end to what happens in his cautionary tale.

There will be much work ahead of us. And we may never be the same. But I believe we can again be free.

I'm willing to do my part to Restore the Republic. I hope those who read these books come to that same conclusion.

Then get the word out. Help spread hope and inspiration that we don't crumble in defeat. May we have a new birth of Freedom!

Thanks Matt. All the best for the future!

Michael Hiland

I contacted Matt by e-mail as I was finishing the second book in this trilogy and told him just how amazing his book was, how it really brought vivid memories back to life of the time that I spent in Special Forces. We started corresponding and he would send me pieces of book three, this book, as he was writing it and offered me the opportunity to read it in advance and offer suggestions. I was astonished just how knowledgeable he was about insurgency operations and I am truly honored to be one of the people that he acknowledged in the beginning of the book for helping him out. I really do believe that I got the better end of the deal as I got to read this from my Blackberry while I was in camp and it was all that I could do to put it down and get some sleep.

It truly is a page turner and you would never know that this book had as many pages as it does, it is seamlessly put together and a very good read. This is a must read for anyone that enjoys apocalyptic novels. It's something that you can read and learn from at the same time. It's not an instruction manual for the coming collapse, but it's not supposed to be. If you don't read anything else for the next year make sure that this book as well as the first two in the series on your must read list.

I just finished reading Foreign Enemies AND TRAITORS, the third book in Matthew Bracken's trilogy about the changes that are currently taking place in America and how those changes might alter the character of America over the next several years. I recommend all three titles, but this one is by far the best.

I especially liked that the author takes the current news stories that we are all concerned about and takes them to their logical conclusion (why is the National Guard currently recruiting for "Internment and Relocation Specialists?" How will our creditors react when US defaults on the debt that is now mathematically impossible to repay? What will a post gun-confiscation America look like and what is the real reason for the second amendment? What will martial law look like? etc.) If you have ever thought about any of the above for more than 60 seconds or if you have reacted with skepticism at the mainstream media's explanation, then you will love this book.

The author is a former Navy SEAL and the details of the military operations described in the book are incredibly realistic. Some of your favorite characters from the previous two novels are still around, and although one could read this book without reading the previous two, I do not recommend doing so.

The icing on the cake is that the last 75 pages or so appear to have been written yesterday. The names have been changed to protect the TRAITORS but you'll recognize them all, and you will literally not be able to put the book down until you finish.

Wow, just finished the last book and it was my favorite. I had no idea you could string out a nail-biter ending for about 50 pages, but Bracken did it! Several things became apparent while reading this book. First off, Bracken is a master at developing his characters, even the secondary ones. You really feel a closeness to each person, whether you like them or not, that makes the story a much more meaningful experience. I particularly liked how he gave life to Jenny McClure and Zach Tutweiller. I felt like they were neighbors that I had known for years.

Another thing Bracken does well is to subtly (and sometimes not-so-subtly) mix current events and actual people/places in his story. Jamal Tambor...smoker, doesn't wear ties, and is a rabid socialist. Gee, who could that be? Not so subtle there, but certainly effective. I wonder if a certain real person ever had conversations like the one revealed at the end of this book?

This book serves as perhaps the most dire warning of all three. It shows a picture of an America that none of us would recognize now or believe could ever be. However, like the book illustrates, it really would take very little to shake the foundations of our modern society. What would we do without electricity, food, running water? How long after the shelves at the grocery store go empty before people are killing each other in the streets? And to what lengths would a desperate government go to regain control?

In this book, the government's vision for our future is truly terrifying. Even more so is the fact that the same vision is being brought to bear on us today, in the real world. If nothing else, Matthew Bracken has written one of the most important treatises on what it means to be free, and the costs of maintaining that freedom, that I've ever read. Throw in a great story line too, and you have a trilogy that tops the must-read list. Thanks for a great ride! Can't wait for the next one.

As some other reviewers have said, this book is amazingly better than the first two. I read them back-to-back last year sometime, and only last week read the third one. How could he have written a third book that surpassed the first two, which were absolutely excellent?

Now it's caused me to pick up the first one again and re-read it.

This is scary stuff, but completely believable in this age of increasing government intrusion into private lives.

Huge thumbs up for all three books!

I just want to say that if you are interested in some great reading then this series is a must read. The author weaves great storytelling, excitement, and true to life scenarios into these three books. Start at the beginning with the first book and you will be immersed and caught up in the epic struggle of patriots fighting to save our country and freedoms. The scenarios are not only plausible, but all too real. You will not only be entertained but also educated through the dialog and experiences of the characters in the books. The events portrayed are not only plausible but also probable. You will take away a new outlook on current events as you follow the exploits of Ranya, Phil Carson and others. These books are necessary reading for anyone who loves America and who is concerned by events that are now occurring. I recommend these books very highly.

Readers of Bracken's earlier works will need no encouragement to continue the saga in FOREIGN ENEMIES. The characters of Ranya Bardiwell and Bob Bullard return, with Phil Carson from EF&D returning as the central character.

Bracken's depiction of the potential near future is dire, and his "President Tambor" will seen by the reader as an uncomfortable mirror of another, all too real, individual.

This is a fine ending to an excellent saga. And while they are fiction, the parallels with contemporary events are too strong to ignore. Hopefully we won't get the chance to live out a version of this book in real time.

Highly recommended.

The author, a retired Navy SEAL, pens a well written, thoroughly possible, and completely frightening possible future for America.

The continued descent into the abyss of Socialism makes the pits of the mass graves papably real. The concept of the foreign mercenaries, i.e. the Kazakhs doing the bidding of their NWO Masters in exchange for American land is very plausible, though I think many from the underclass of our society would gleefully sign up for such duty in the name of wealth redistribution and social justice.

Let all who read this book view it not just as "interesting" or "entertaining" but as a very real warning should we allow our liberties to be taken from us...