Official Review: Acts of Sedition by Dennis Stephan

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Re: Official Review: Acts of Sedition by Dennis Stephan

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An interesting story line. Thanks for the review!
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A good book for political discussions pertaining to the current super power. It's a wake up call to guard zealously the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms enshrined in any part of the world
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Thanks for the great review! Anything that is prophetic or anything futuristic interests me. Although I have no patience when it comes to politics, I’m still curious how this story resolved the conflict or if they even resolved it... Well, I might as well read it to satisfy my curiosity.
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While I'm a little uneasy about a couple aspects of the book you mentioned, this book does sound incredibly timely and I love that characters set aside ideological differences in order to save the country. It sounds like a very exciting plot as well. Thank you for thorough and insightful review.
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I really enjoyed the free sample and will be completing this one soon. It relates well to today's world and I can see how things could possibly turn this way in our society.
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Acts of Sedition was a very jarring read - a worst case scenario of American xenophobia collapsed on itself. It reminds us that the choices we make today impact a future in untold ways.
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It sounds like an exciting book what with all of the political intrigue and plotting for a coup. I cringe at the thought of editing errors, but it sounds like it's at least worth sampling to get a more clear picture.
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Thank you for review on this book. I was searching for this kind of book and it really created my interest in this book. Thanx to your helpful review. It will be so interesting to read it. :)
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This story is politically inclined. It is perfect for those who are into current events. Congratulations to the Author of this very challenging story. It is very timely that anyone reading this can catch up easily.
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Lennycat wrote: 14 Oct 2017, 06:40 Thanks for your response. I’m glad that you liked the book too.
In your excellent review, you talked about feeling like this book lingered with you.

After reading your review and the Amazon synopsis, I have to say; "It's too soon," for me. I'm of the belief that We The People have already seen what 8 yrs. of a Muslim potus in OUR White House nearly did to our Exceptional Nation... So yeah, no. It sounds awesome & thrilling but still a bit too close to home for me.
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This definitely hits close to home with current events, and looking forward at what could happen. It doesn't seem like such a fiction anymore and it's scary. So, I'm not sure if I could read this or not. It might be too frightening for me. I do agree that it's very compelling. If he fixes the editing errors you discovered, he may just have a potential best seller on his hands. Thanks for the great insight!
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I find the premise of a totalitarian president taking over a stable country to be somewhat questionable, but the story still seems to be interesting.
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I think the author has managed to find away to awaken us to "where democracy will lead us".
The idea of being totally accepting of everyone and everything could probably open the door where the larger part of the electorate "choose" someone to lead a nation who is less tolerant.
Have only read your preview and the first few chapters and still deciding if I want to continue but only because it's such a paradigm shift from reality.
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What a great read and fills me with foreboding at the same time, that this could happen in the future in this country.
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Your review is quit real. This is exactly a duplicate of what developing countries are holding. Leaders are thirst of leadership but have nothing in basket to offer to common man. They are making debates to change constitution to a document that can favoring their political misdemeanors and authoritative skills(dictatorship in nature). The book so captivating to current political states is an eye opener.
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