Indivisible [Paperback]

Troy J. Grice (Author)

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Publication Date: September 29, 2010

"...the selloff started about midway through the session with rumors swirling about the cash strapped Bank of Japan liquidating half their U.S. Treasury holdings. Prices on the Ten Year Note plunged taking yields up one hundred basis points over the span of about eight minutes.  Record volume led one trader to speculate that the Central Banks of the U.K., Saudi Arabia and China were stepping in to halt the U.S. Bond collapse.
    Yields seemed to level off for about a half hour but then the frantic selloff resumed driving Ten Year Treasury yields up another whopping one hundred and ninety basis points!" Observed a reporter in Australian accent.
 
"So what impact has this had on the currency markets?" asked the anchor. "Is everyone moving into cash?"
 
"Yes...well, the conventional wisdom is that such a dramatic move down in Treasuries would drive many investors into U.S. dollars but that has not been the case. There is a dollar selloff happening concurrently with the dollar down almost ten percent against the yen and euro and off a whopping fifteen percent against the Chinese yuan. These are all unprecedented moves, Sam."
 
"Where are the investors going?"
 
"Right...(nodding and holding earpiece)...well, it's been a huge day for metals, ag commodities, and oil with oil itself up almost twenty five dollars during the session.
 
"So what happens from here?"
 
"Yes...(nodding and holding earpiece)...well, with commodity futures still climbing and Treasuries still tanking, it looks like the bloodbath will continue when the DAX opens."
 
"Thank you, Mel...uh huh...one moment...(holding ear)...uh we've just received word that the Federal Reserve will be holding an emergency session in..."

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Thank you so much for checking out my little novella of doom.  Warning: If you hold romanticized notions about America's political systems and institutions you may find this book offensive.

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About Indivisible

"The professorial Fed Chairman, his ever-whitening beard and ever-receding hairline making him look ever-the-more gnomish, loosened his tie and poured himself a drink at the 7:30 open. Perhaps the great ship would not sink, he hoped. The Fed had key-stroked hundreds of billions of dollars throughout the night and had managed to prop up the wobbly futures markets. Their hope was that the animal spirits could be tamed by the NYSE open. But the entire system sank right from the bell."

Indivisible tells of survival amidst the turmoil of an economic collapse in contemporary America. Triggered by an Asian selloff of U.S. Treasuries, the United States devolves from currency collapse to price controls and shortages, riots, Martial Law and ultimately into civil war.

Bob Garrity is the Under-Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado. He is a man willing to exceed the bounds of the law in order to solve a rash of recent kidnappings in his normally peaceful jurisdiction.

Maiden Lane is an assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury. A femme fatale, Mae is not afraid to use her "assets" to get what she wants.

Jimmy Marzan is a soldier, tormented by allegience to his unit and adherence his morality.
Vaughn Clayton is an unemployed father who must figure out how to keep his family together in the chaos.

Their lives converge on the backdrop of the American implosion. To what lengths will they go to survive? ...And how far will the D.C. go in order to preserve the established order?

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 29, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1453846727
• ISBN-13: 978-1453846728
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #709,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth the Read!, November 22, 2010

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A. Turpen "militant libertarian" (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indivisible (Paperback)

I'm happy to report that Grice's Indivisible is a book that, you should be warned, you'll likely read through in one sitting. Screw sleep.

The book centers on the coming financial collapse and four characters around that. One is a regular guy with nothing special about him. He's not in the patriot movement at all, not a survivalist or weapons expert, and has only a regular guy's worries about his wife and child. Another is a disturbed veteran soldier and his comrade in arms, whose beyond disturbed and into the psychotic. Finally, there's the lawman, an Under Sheriff who takes himself and his badge a little too seriously and his estranged wife, a Deputy of the U.S. Treasury.

The story weaves around these characters as the financial collapse hits America and the people slowly realize the end is nigh. Most of the action takes place around Denver, Colorado as the soldiers are brought home to quell the "rebellion" and bring order - usually amounting to the slaughter of civilians and mass desertions of both professional soldiers and National Guard.

Mostly, though, the story revolves around the everyman and his quest to get his family through the collapse intact. He is both helped and hindered along the way by the others in the story. He works to get through what he must do amidst gasoline shortages, food shortages, parasitic government employees, etc.

In the end, this is a great book and very well worth reading.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!!, November 19, 2010

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Joe Sexpack - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indivisible (Paperback)

Wow! An excellent read I finished in 2 days. Can't wait for the sequel, but I will.

The story unfolds rapidly with building excitement, suspense & drama. Essentially the Fed's print too many dollars, cause hyperinflation, then shortages, civil unrest & an ugly martial law. Great writing though, as the novel follows several different characters working through the mess: soldier, sheriff, gov't exec, suburban couple, etc.

Can't remember the last time I read a novel & was sorry to see it end. You won't be disappointed.

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Would have enjoyed it more if it was objectively told, January 24, 2011

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J Lee (Edmonton, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Indivisible (Kindle Edition)

I was really getting into this well written story, but it came crashing down right around the time in the story that the collapse happens (35%). It would have been fascinating to watch it all happen and watch how the key characters coped. The problem I had was the sheer amount of disdain and derision that was lacing every description. Vapid, sheeple, idiots, drones...it just goes on and on - I'm not even American and still started to feel insulted. The problem is I became hyper aware of he authors presence (an biases) and it ripped me out of the story. Threw in the towel and stopped reading.