Publicani

by Zak Maymin and Giorgia Blake

We can argue about spreading the wealth, but what about spreading the intellect? Be warned - it's already happening....."This is a great story on its own, but somewhere between its numerous plot... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438221231
• ISBN13: 9781438221236
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Important questions to consider

This is a thriller with non-stop action. The writing is choppy and the transitions are not so smooth but what it lacks in artistry it makes up in the importance of the questions raised. What is "freedom?" when do you know you are free? Can a society impose its will on members if an overwhelming majority of other members concur? When is it permissible to use force to ensure compliance with norms? Who has the right to determine norms and how? These are highly relevant questions to consider in a post 9/11 world.

One of the Best Books I've Ever Read

I wish other books were like this book - active, short, moving chapters; life-like and fallible characters; a plot that keeps me looking for the next resolution; and a story that I've retold countless times to friends already. Will we really have a brain tax in the future? How horrific, how intrusive, how almost here. I've reread this book many times already, and I hope that there is a major motion picture made from this someday. Several sections made my blood curl. "How could they?! Who gave them the right?!" I wanted to jump through the pages and shake the bad guys. An eye-opening part more than half-way through is the discussion of what Jesus Christ was doing between ages zero and thirty. And how that relates to life and liberty. If you value freedom even one ounce, this is a book you will first argue with, then love, and then recommend to your friends. Enjoy it!

Genre-Bender

Thriller, science fiction, satire, plea for human dignity and liberty, mysticism, novel about families: you can answer All Of The Above, but you can't stop turning the pages. Again and again as I read this book, I said to myself, This could never happen here. But each time it was with less conviction, until I was left asking, How close are we already to losing the freedoms that matter above all else?

A Riveting, Entertaining Read

Publicani is not a book to pick up lightly. It is a riveting page turner that could, if it affects you like it affected me, capture your attention, at the cost of sleep and re-prioritization of your work day. It's a story with strong characters and a fascinating plot that spans the globe with politics, intrigue, a bit of science fiction and a bit of kabbalistic mysticism that are all woven together into a credible novel that at the end is compelling and satisfying. As a reviewer, this was a pleasant surprise, when so many political novels are more lecture than good story, how well told this was.

A fascinating twist on eminent domain, a futuristic political thriller from start to finish

An all-to-real political thriller that transports today's government into the future as they place societal desires over individual rights. If you think government has a legitimate role to redistribute our wealth and property as they do today, then why not the rest of your assets, why not your intellect. Maymin portrays a future where medical technology allows government into your brain where they can redistribute intelligence to those less fortunate. Don't worry, the government says it won't hurt and they won't take more than they need.