All eyes are on America as the nation writhes under a tyrant’s grip.
Six Americans who spawned a resistance movement against tyrant, Abe Hannan, are hiding on the Israeli coast. Steve Bancroft, an Army Ranger protecting the other five Americans, is drawn to Julia Weiss, who reminds him of the twin sister who died under his protection. Julia, a petite woman with strengths that belie her stature, has horrific images of war etched on her mind, making Steve the kind of person her pacifist thinking rejects.
President Abe Hannan, in a stalemate with the insurgents, gambles to crush the heart of the resistance, Brock Daniels, KC Banning, and their four friends, in a winner-takes-all battle determining the future of America. If Steve and Julia survive, can they overcome the demons from their past and find hope for their future?
Voice of Freedom is an action-packed political thriller set in the immediate future, a story spanning the globe from Israel to Canada and from Washington DC to Oregon, a story for the time in which we live, a story of faith, hope, courage, and love.
Author Info: H. L. Wegley served in the US Air Force as an Intelligence Analyst and a Weather Officer. He is a Meteorologist who, while working as a forecaster and a Research Scientist in Atmospheric Physics, published extensively in the scientific literature. After earning an MS in Computer Science, he worked more than two decades as a Systems Programmer at Boeing before retiring in the Seattle area, where he and his wife of 48 years enjoy small-group ministry, their grandchildren, beach hiking, snorkeling Maui whenever they can, and where he writes inspirational thrillers and high-action, romantic suspense novels. Besides his scientific publications, he published one non-fiction work, Colby and Me: Growing up in the '50s, a humorous collection of the childhood adventures of an early baby boomer. Check out his author site at http://hlwegley.com
The Story Behind the Against All Enemies Trilogy, by H. L. Wegley
Though their ancestors were German, my grandfather and grandmother lived in the Volga River area of Russia where they were persecuted by the Bolsheviks in the early part of the Russian Revolution. When this group of early communists killed my great-grandfather for not giving them his crops, the rest of the family fled back to Germany and continued on to New York, seeking freedom. Like so many immigrants of the early 20th century, they literally kissed the ground on Ellis Island.
Like my grandparents, I love this country. But we have strayed far from the intent of our founding fathers, men who crafted a constitution explicitly designed to keep us from tyranny. It is now possible for the executive branch to consolidate sufficient power for a corrupt, tyranny-minded president to seize complete control of the nation. But, after seizing control, could a president actually retain it, indefinitely? Why or why not? I’ll leave that as a homework exercise for those who read book 1, Voice in the Wilderness.
Book 2 in the Against All Enemies series, Voice of Freedom provides my thoughts on how we might re-establish the rule of law and prevent future centralization of power in any one branch of government.
Book 3, which I’m currently editing and polishing, is a prequel that deals with immigration issues and drug cartel operations, but does so with a much different focus than anything you will read in the media.
There are three aspects to each novel in this series. First, the stories are fast-paced, intense, action-packed thrillers told in a clean manner—PG to perhaps PG-13 for a little violence but with nothing graphic. Second, there are many political and philosophical asides to each story that make them political thrillers with rich content, content that might not sit well with folks who think Karl Marx was spot on as an economist and/or philosopher. And third, each story has a strong romance thread that is tightly interwoven with the politics and the thriller-level action.
Each novel contains the story of one of the three main couples in the series. Book 1, Voice in the Wilderness, features Brock Daniels and KC Banning, who have known each other since they were kids. Because I’ve known my wife since we were about 3 or 4 years old, this was a fun story to tell—how a childhood friendship develops into something much more.
Book 2, Voice of Freedom, was more challenging in that I wanted to show how God brings people together such that their relationship can shape and mold them into the people He intended them to be. This story pits a missionary kid who thinks she’s a pacifist, Julia Weiss, against warrior and Army Ranger, Steve Bancroft, a weapons sergeant, a man highly skilled in the art of blowing up things and shooting people with virtually any weapon used by any military in the world. Water and oil? Maybe … but maybe not.
Book 3, Chasing Freedom, is a prequel that takes place 4 years before book 1. It tells the story of Jeff and Allie Jacobs, a couple already married in book 1. Jeff, a disgraced US Olympic gold medal contender in the decathlon, must rescue Alejandra (Allie) Santiago from a drug cartel which is labor trafficking her. Jeff, a strong Christian, wants to regain his honor, while Allie needs to find God. What they both find is plenty of danger from cartel thugs and from the volatility of US immigration courts.
With Against All Enemies the reader will get thrillers gritty enough for a guy but not offensive to women readers. That was my goal and, so far, the reviews say that the stories have hit the target.
My Review:
"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wesley is the second book in the
Though their ancestors were German, my grandfather and grandmother lived in the Volga River area of Russia where they were persecuted by the Bolsheviks in the early part of the Russian Revolution. When this group of early communists killed my great-grandfather for not giving them his crops, the rest of the family fled back to Germany and continued on to New York, seeking freedom. Like so many immigrants of the early 20th century, they literally kissed the ground on Ellis Island.
Like my grandparents, I love this country. But we have strayed far from the intent of our founding fathers, men who crafted a constitution explicitly designed to keep us from tyranny. It is now possible for the executive branch to consolidate sufficient power for a corrupt, tyranny-minded president to seize complete control of the nation. But, after seizing control, could a president actually retain it, indefinitely? Why or why not? I’ll leave that as a homework exercise for those who read book 1, Voice in the Wilderness.
Book 2 in the Against All Enemies series, Voice of Freedom provides my thoughts on how we might re-establish the rule of law and prevent future centralization of power in any one branch of government.
Book 3, which I’m currently editing and polishing, is a prequel that deals with immigration issues and drug cartel operations, but does so with a much different focus than anything you will read in the media.
There are three aspects to each novel in this series. First, the stories are fast-paced, intense, action-packed thrillers told in a clean manner—PG to perhaps PG-13 for a little violence but with nothing graphic. Second, there are many political and philosophical asides to each story that make them political thrillers with rich content, content that might not sit well with folks who think Karl Marx was spot on as an economist and/or philosopher. And third, each story has a strong romance thread that is tightly interwoven with the politics and the thriller-level action.
Each novel contains the story of one of the three main couples in the series. Book 1, Voice in the Wilderness, features Brock Daniels and KC Banning, who have known each other since they were kids. Because I’ve known my wife since we were about 3 or 4 years old, this was a fun story to tell—how a childhood friendship develops into something much more.
Book 2, Voice of Freedom, was more challenging in that I wanted to show how God brings people together such that their relationship can shape and mold them into the people He intended them to be. This story pits a missionary kid who thinks she’s a pacifist, Julia Weiss, against warrior and Army Ranger, Steve Bancroft, a weapons sergeant, a man highly skilled in the art of blowing up things and shooting people with virtually any weapon used by any military in the world. Water and oil? Maybe … but maybe not.
Book 3, Chasing Freedom, is a prequel that takes place 4 years before book 1. It tells the story of Jeff and Allie Jacobs, a couple already married in book 1. Jeff, a disgraced US Olympic gold medal contender in the decathlon, must rescue Alejandra (Allie) Santiago from a drug cartel which is labor trafficking her. Jeff, a strong Christian, wants to regain his honor, while Allie needs to find God. What they both find is plenty of danger from cartel thugs and from the volatility of US immigration courts.
With Against All Enemies the reader will get thrillers gritty enough for a guy but not offensive to women readers. That was my goal and, so far, the reviews say that the stories have hit the target.
"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wesley is the second book in the
(Against All Enemies) series and is more action packed than the first book "Voice in the Wilderness". I really liked "Voice in the Wilderness" but I like this book the best. These books are political fiction but could be fact soon the way the world is going.
"Voice of Freedom" could be enjoyed without reading "Voice in the Wilderness" but I recommend reading the series in
order as the books feature the same characters. "Voice Of Freedom" is Julia Weiss's and Steve Bancroft's story . It is also a clean love story between two people who are completely opposites.
"Voice of Freedom" by Harry Wegley is slowly changing my mind about owning a gun for protection. The author even points out a Biblical point of view for protecting ourselves. I am surprised I have always been against guns, not for others, just me. But, like I just mentioned my mind is changing about this fact.
I really like the scene where the title plays into the book. It is a song, I will stop with that so I don't give anything away.
"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wegley shows how a person can change (Julia) and still be the same person they always were. There were moments in this story that I didn't see how the outcome could be anything but bad, I really encourage you to read
this book and find out if they ended up being good or bad.
Yes, there is attempted murder and killing and guns and violence in this book, but it is done without being overdramatic and graphic. I wasn't tempted to stop reading this novel at anytime instead I wanted to get to the end just to see how it ended, and now that I have finished reading the book, I want book three, oh the waiting is so hard!
I was given a copy of "Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wegley by the author for an honest review. These opinions are mine own. I have given"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wegley five stars.
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"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wesley is the second book in the
(Against All Enemies) series and is more action packed than the first book "Voice in the Wilderness". I really liked "Voice in the Wilderness" but I like this book the best. These books are political fiction but could be fact soon the way the world is going.
"Voice of Freedom" could be enjoyed without reading "Voice in the Wilderness" but I recommend reading the series in
order as the books feature the same characters. "Voice Of Freedom" is Julia Weiss's and Steve Bancroft's story . It is also a clean love story between two people who are completely opposites.
"Voice of Freedom" by Harry Wegley is slowly changing my mind about owning a gun for protection. The author even points out a Biblical point of view for protecting ourselves. I am surprised I have always been against guns, not for others, just me. But, like I just mentioned my mind is changing about this fact.
I really like the scene where the title plays into the book. It is a song, I will stop with that so I don't give anything away.
"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wegley shows how a person can change (Julia) and still be the same person they always were. There were moments in this story that I didn't see how the outcome could be anything but bad, I really encourage you to read
this book and find out if they ended up being good or bad.
Yes, there is attempted murder and killing and guns and violence in this book, but it is done without being overdramatic and graphic. I wasn't tempted to stop reading this novel at anytime instead I wanted to get to the end just to see how it ended, and now that I have finished reading the book, I want book three, oh the waiting is so hard!
I was given a copy of "Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wegley by the author for an honest review. These opinions are mine own. I have given"Voice Of Freedom" by Harry Wegley five stars.
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