Worst of All Evils

BY: JANET MCCLINTOCK

Following a worldwide economic collapse, a tyrannical administration has taken control of the United States government and nullified the Constitution. Joan Bowman, a highly skilled veteran and patriot, joins an underground resistance group to restore America’s beloved freedoms. Too late, she realizes that the group she so idealistically joined is just as corrupt as the administration in Washington. However, since she knows too much to ever leave the group alive, she turns State’s evidence. But when the task force demands she go back to the group to obtain one last piece of crucial information, Joan knows she faces certain death. Dispirited, exhausted, and paranoid, she’s hardly on top of her game—and she needs to be or, this time, she’ll pay with her life.

TAYLOR JONES SAYS: In Worst of All Evils by Janet McClintock, Joan Bowman joins an organization dedicated to restoring the US constitution after it’s suspended by a corrupt administration in Washington DC after an economic collapse. The organization, the Constitution Defense Legion, AKA the Legion, starts out with values and goals that Joan can understand. But when they don’t get the results they are hoping for, they decide that killing innocent civilians is the way to go. This is a decision that Joan cannot get behind, but once in the Legion, the only way out is death, and Joan soon discovers that is not the worst thing that can happen to you.

I thought this book was particularly timely. Although it focuses on Joan and her life in the Legion with all its pitfalls and doesn’t really dwell on life in general for all citizens, it nevertheless gives you a good glimpse into what life could be like without our constitution to defend us from corrupt politicians. The story is intense, hard-hitting, and has an uncomfortable ring of truth.

REGAN MURPHY SAYS: Worst of All Evils by Janet McClintock is a fast-paced, intense, and horrifying look at the US should our constitution fail completely. The story revolves around a young woman, Joan Bowman, who served in the army in Iraq and, after an apocalypse caused by an economic collapse, is still determine to stand by her oath to defend the constitution from all threats, foreign and domestic. Right now, the biggest threat to the constitution is the corrupt administration in power in Washington DC. So Joan joins the Constitution Defense Legion to fight with like-minded vets to restore the constitution.

I found the book to a thought-provoking and terrifying look at what life could be like without the protection afforded by our constitution. The plot is strong, the characters well-developed, and the story intense enough to keep you turning pages from beginning to end.