AN ENEMY OF THE STATE

by F. Paul Wilson ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 20, 1980

Third volume in Wilson's LaNague Federation Series, though really a prologue that tells of the revolution by which the federation was established. In this prequel, it's 206 years since the Outworld Imperium was created by breaking with mother planet Earth and giving Metep I the rulership on the new capital planet Throne. But the Imperium is overtaxing its constituents. So Den Broohnin, a revolutionary, leads an abortive assassination against Metep VII, but it fails when a secondary attempt is made simultaneously by the terroristic Flinters. Then the Great Conspiracy arises, led by Peter LaNague--with his ""staunchly individualistic, anarcho-capitalist philosophy"" called Kyfho and an anti-inflation, anti-taxation tract called The Robin Hood Reader. Indeed, LaNague steals money from the Imperium Treasury and gives it to the poor by dropping hijacked currency from the skies, and he finally leads his band in a bloodless revolution that achieves a stable currency but leaves the state in semi-anarchy. Grand-scale but rather anemic fantasy, mostly for those fired up about the economic/political issues that get tossed around.

Pub Date: June 20, 1980

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1980

Categories: FICTION