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Could one person bring down the mighty American system? Richard Harrison believes he can. A self-described common Joe, he exacts his revenge on a corrupt system that has stolen his life from him piece by piece. For twenty years, Harrison has investigated, planned and invested in his crusade, waiting until the perfect time: now. It is war unlike any other, as he slices like a surgeon at the heart of America’s political and economic empire. But collateral damage will follow. Is there anyone who can thwart his plans before the USA erupts in chaos? Two FBI agents with unique skills stand in his way, but they will not be enough.
To win his war, Harrison needs two unlikely factions working toward the same goal: the alt-right racists and the progressive left environmentalists. It’s an unlikely team, made more improbable because neither knows the other is working in tandem. Big money and big government, though, always in partnership to amass more power, eagerly turn on each other as Richard exposes their frailties. He counts on using their greed, arrogance, and corruption against them. But when Rick Harrison unleashes hell in America, he strains to keep the inferno from blazing out of control.
One person in the background understands Harrison. Joe Cabot, a true common Joe, searches the clues about this saboteur, racing to prevent the chaos Harrison determinedly forces on the USA. He has secrets that Jonah needs to uncover if the real Common Joe is to succeed.
Delirious from heat stroke while on a months’ long trek around Manitoba, a man stumbles on a town along the Assiniboine River that he knows never existed, yet every fact points to its existence. He is welcomed by Fannie Megan, an old lady who implies that she is over a century old. While he rests at Desolation Station, a name derived from the remoteness of its location along the long-ago abandoned Harte rail line, he discovers that the old west town is a haven for a collage of people who have suffered immense crises in their lives.
However, the town, while real, is not what Cy sees it as. Each new arrival perceives the town differently, depending on their own unique experiences. Outside the enclave, the world carries on as usual, while inside the boundaries, Fannie guides the residents ostensibly on a healing journey.
Soon, Cyril discovers that he cannot escape the community’s clutches. There are sinister strata to the sanctum, but it is unclear who is masterminding the manipulation of each visitor. With the help of a teenage renegade, the two begin to peel back the layers of secrets. Their biggest challenge, however, will be to convince their friends and neighbours in Desolation Station that the place is not a haven, but closer to a hell.
Drawing on Milton’s “Paradise Lost” writings and Lewis Carroll’s poetry, the author explores the twists of individual illusions, delusions and perceptions, and how those shape each person’s reality.
While the group of tenants may band together to escape, the final twist reveals how they really do not escape their own realities. Desolation Station, after all, turns out to be real, but not in the manner that the inhabitants expected.
