We are pleased to announce Whatever it Takes to Win is now available in hardcover and paperback wherever books are sold online. It is also available in Kindle e-book format on Amazon.com
This is the fourth and final book in the America at the Brink series. It follows the continuing political adventures of United States Senator Nick Turner through election day.
Just as previously, writing more will only reveal spoilers from the prior books. Nick Turner continues his effort to run for President as an independent candidate.
Throughout his campaign, he has made it clear, everyone has a choice. To wake up, stand up, and think for themselves, or let others do it for them, giving their freedom and fate into the hands of those in charge.
I did it. I got this book completed prior to the actual election.
I wrote what has become the four novels in the America at the Brink saga in late 2020 through the summer of 2021, after my retirement. From fall of 2021 until early in 2024, I was convinced to leave my retirement for one last dip into the high tech software business.
Good for the bank account, bad for the literary goal of publishing my ‘edu-fiction’ series. I am worried. Worried that our electorate is a)disgusted, b) disinterested, or more likely c) ignorant and easily manipulated.
Seeing these are the three most likely positions of a majority of voters, I set out to try to help. Not tell folks how to vote or what to think. Instead, to just be curious and involved enough to want to think for themselves.
To not just take as gospel what they hear from their cable news or social media feed. From either side. To actually try to find the information and to be invested enough to understand the consequences of their vote.
These novels are all about describing to the reader that actions have consequences. Some expected, but many more unintended and in most cases unfortunate. Consequences that play out on each of us. Not the ones in power who actually made the incorrect decisions creating these unintended consequences.
No one can rescue us from these. Only we can. We are responsible for who we elect. We are responsible for holding these elected officials accountable. At all levels. US. We can blame folks all we want, but ultimately it is up to us.
We can do our homework. Or we can just assume the bias in the media and news is non-existent. That they have our best interests at heart (they don’t). Those who actually think, know this is not the case. Those who don’t, will reap the consequences of ignorance, becoming willing victims.
These books are all about choice. Yours. And how you should want to be as informed as possible so YOU can make the choice that best helps you, your family, your community, and ultimately your country. Why wouldn’t you want to invest enough time and energy to be informed enough to vote for these reasons?
That is the question. These books were never about telling you how to vote or why. They don’t reference any of the current candidates or even the political parties. They were simply trying to get you to vote for whomever you think is your best choice based on your research and your gut. And to own the consequences of your actions.
This is not the end. Only the first part of this saga. Stay tuned for the next chapter in this saga of a future America, and Nick Turner’s impact on that future.
WST4Y (Wake Up, Stand up and Think for Yourself)
Eric
