In 2003, author Matthew Bracken published Enemies Foreign and Domestic, the first novel of a planned trilogy. With its focus on a government set-up that resulted in draconian gun control measures, it gained good reviews and much appreciation from readers. As gun control advocates have continued in their efforts to disarm the law abiding, it also seemed to offer some chilling warnings.
This year, Bracken released the second novel in the trilogy. Domestic Enemies held onto the background established in the first novel, but added to it the probable result of continued unfettered illegal immigration into the country. Once again, the reality is striking even as the story holds the reader's interest.
After reading Domestic Enemies and finding myself genuinely fearful of some of the near future it outlines, I determined to speak with Matthew Bracken and discuss just how real his fiction might - unfortunately - prove to be. Mr. Bracken kindly agreed to answer some questions, and here is the result of our recent conversation.
Related Reading:
Lady Liberty's Review of Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Lady Liberty's Review of Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista
WarOnGuns Interview with Matthew Bracken
My GUNS Magazine review of Enemies Foreign and Domestic
My review of Domestic Enemies has been submitted to the magazine, and will be on the shelves in a few months--I'm told it's the issue they'll be promoting at the SHOT Show, so that ought to help with exposure.
[Thanks to Stieger]