Welcome to Eric Rice’s author site. Hopefully, you have arrived here because you are a fan of our first novel in the America at the Brink saga, “What Can One Man Do?”, or a friend has referred you. In either case, welcome.
I have twin goals in writing these novels. First, I want you, the reader, to be entertained and engaged in how the story progresses. Second, I hope to use this as a parable, pointing out a “what if” scenario of how our future might look based on decisions being made today.
I chose fiction for two reasons as well. The first is because I want to look forward, telling the story of a future America. As a “history” of what happened over the time covered in our saga, from someone who “lived” through these times.
My second reason is a bit more complicated. I wanted to be challenged as a writer. Fiction is much harder to write than non-fiction (let the hate mail begin). There are a ton of non-fiction books on the market by every talking head on every side of the political spectrum. After a while, they are all regurgitating the same set of opinions, railing against every decision and claiming how we are all doomed if we do not agree with them and their suggestions.
I did not want to write yet another of these, especially since I am truly a nobody. No journalism degree, no byline, no TV show, no public service. I am one of the rabble, affected by all the decisions of these elites, just like you. Normal concerned citizens who cannot understand what happened to simple common sense. You are the people I am writing this to entertain and educate.
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