Indian Country

It’s all-out war for ruthless red state special operator Kelly Turnbull when he returns in this blockbuster prequel to “People’s Republic,” Kurt Schlichter’s top selling novel of America after the polarized politics of blue versus red have split our country apart. “Indian Country” finds Turnbull sent back into the blue states to help those trapped inside resist a politically correct police state. As the progressive government ratchets up the violence, Turnbull must mold regular Americans into a fighting force capable of resisting the People’s Republic Army, led by his former US Army Special Forces mentor. Longer, bigger and bolder than the original, “Indian Country” is filled with Kurt Schlichter’s trademark snarky humor and even more non-stop action, drawing on his work as a television commentator and Senior Columnist for Townhall.com, and his experience as a retired Army infantry colonel. National Review’s Jim Geraghty calls Kurt Schlichter’s “People’s Republic” “a surreal, fast-paced journey through a dramatically different America … Violent, imaginative, full of mordant humor and dark, gritty details, you won’t want to live in this People’s Republic…but you’ll feel a chill as you wonder how different our real future will be.” Author and television host Cam Edwards says “Kurt Schlichter's ‘People's Republic’ is a roller coaster ride through a post-election Hellscape that will leave you wanting more.” Radio host Hugh Hewitt say “Schlichter puts a whole flight of Black Swans in the air --each of them plausible-- and the result is a riveting, page-turner, and a demand from Schlichter for...more.”

Good story, bad narration

The story was good, a prequel to the last novel in the series. Kind of over the top in its depiction of a possible Marxist spinoff of the us, but well written.
The virtual narrator was crap. The voice sounded natural, like a young man. It often missed emphasis on the correct word in a sentence. It mostly botched names of guns like the eight hundred seventy shotgun and cartridges like the point three hundred eight.
I finished the book because I liked the story despite the narration.

Great story line. The author did a very good job at tying in real world details into the fictitious scenarios.

I do not like the AI narration. It seems to leave out a lot of the emotion and often mispronounces words or phrases, leaving me to have to decifer what's being said or meant.

Good Story, Lousy Reading

I love Kurt Schlichter’s Kelly Turnbull stories, but this Virtual Voice reading is a constant irritant. You probably need to be from this part of Southern Indiana, as I am, to know that the town of Loogootee is pronounced “Lo-GOAT-ee”, not “LOO-goo-tee” — but since I am and I do, that drove me nuts. Besides, to know that a 7-11 Minimart is a “Seven-Eleven”, not a “Seven-to-Eleven”; or a 787 jet aircraft is a “seven-eighty-seven”, not a “seven-hundred-eighty-seven”; or that a highway designated Rte. 125 is “one-twenty-five”, not “one-hundred-twenty-five”; or that the military time “2245 hours” is “twenty-two-forty-five”, not “two-thousand-two-hundred-forty-five” — to know all that you just need to be a human being who speaks English. Add to that this Virtual Voice’s total lack of conversational tone and dramatic rhythm building to a climax, and the experience becomes an experiment in monotony. Mr. Schlichter’s publishers should spring for a flesh-and-blood narrator, like the one(s) who have done his other books (names escape me), rather than this flat, droning robot. (I’m available!)

Tracks Reality

Should be more books in the series. Very thoughtful and detailed. Glimpse into one possible future.

ai voice, ugh.

great story..... but dear authors.... mind your numbers. ai doesn't understand that 2000hrs is supposed to be 20 hundred hours or twenty hundred hours.