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Book of the yearThe Writing on the Wall by Hannes Artens ![]()
This election season’s clincher.Political pundit, Hannes Artens, delivers the most unconventional and controversial political fiction in years; the first anti-war novel cautioning against a war about to be fought; a gripping and thought-provoking depiction of America in tomorrow’s troubled world as topical as a FRONTLINE™ documentary but also a clarion call for civic action that is bound to trigger fierce debate. The Writing on the Wall is as much a no-holds-barred accounting of the last six years as a forceful premonition of what may follow. With provocative frankness and an abundance of political allusions some will find too realistic to handle, this cautionary tale exposes the forces that opened the Pandora’s Box of the Middle East. Through stirring personal fates, it guides us into the gray area where today’s frightening fiction can become the future’s bloody fact. A future we may still have the power to change. To learn more about our book of the year, The Writing on the Wall, please, click on the cover above, visit the author’s website for more information, or click here to order The Writing on the Wall directly from Amazon. |