Book Synopsis
In a free society, how do you identify the inflection point between political ideology and treason?
When do ordinary citizens become an invasive horde of undeclared guerrilla soldiers?
After an angry mob kills Balthazar Krieger’s wife at a political rally and taunts him at her funeral, he decides to leverage his agricultural drone business to “fix” the country by killing Leftists en masse with 1000 autonomous assassination drones manufactured in his lab. With the help of two business partners, an NSA insider, and a political PSYOP data scientist, he surgically removes radicals embedded in political, business, media, and educational institutions. Simultaneously, a sophisticated propaganda campaign foments civil war and attempts to reassert traditional American values as the Leftist orthodoxy begins to fade. As a devout Catholic, Balt struggles to justify mass killing, using Just War Doctrine, the hypocrisy of America’s drone warfare, and the precision of his weapons to assume the title of soldier instead of terrorist. He slowly loses control of the drones as they develop emergent behavior and begin picking and executing targets according to their own amoral rules of engagement.
The story explores themes of Just War, the morality of guerrilla warfare, remote killing, and highlights the deadly potential of drone technology and our weak defenses against them. The story raises the specter that current events are evidence of the destabilization phase of a cultural Marxist revolution.
About the Author
Jeff Petsinger holds a Master’s in mechanical engineering and is currently a Principal Staff Mechanical Engineer at Motorola Solutions. Jeff has spent over four decades designing custom communications solutions for the US Government. His early work focused on microelectronics and microelectromechanical (MEMS) design, and he has most recently transitioned to designing low SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) devices for small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). This most recent work led to his discovery of the incredible capability that can be built into tiny drones.