Publisher's Synopsis
Do you know war? "I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had my choice, I'd rather go to war." -George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, authorized the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq In the not so distant future, an Iraq veteran who specialized in interrogation, returns stateside with his many emotional and mental demons and discovers re-adapting to society just doesn't jive. His demons rise up. He sees the underbelly of his city, and decides to do something about it. Using his interrogation techniques, he slowly moves up the criminal food chain. But this isn't a solo endeavor, and soon a group of specialists are playing vigilante with hints of franchising the operation. And when it goes too far... Jeffrey Hopkins presents his version of the American Dream under the guise of Broken Under Interrogation and it is not pretty. It is ugly and grotesque and obscene and happens every day in every town and city of America. This book is not an indictment of torture or the military or of war. It is an indictment against lost opportunities, against an America that promises what it cannot fulfill. It is an indictment of drugs and the terrorism that propels drug trafficking. It is a story of the voiceless, the powerless. It is a story of the Have Nots. John Powers is a US Army Intelligence professional who has served multiple combat tours in Iraq and returns home to Peoria, Illinois mentally injured by his past and unable to cope with the massive amount of crime that surrounds him. He sets out on a vigilante mission to destroy what he sees as the root of the problem, drugs. He teams up with a fellow believer, Miller and uses heinous means, means that he learned from the sectarian gangs of Iraq, to destroy that element of society gone wrong. The novel was originally written in 2008, re-released in 2010. Iraq has descended to the brink of all out sectarian civil war. It will be frightening to see how many more of his predictions come true. "I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line-the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war." -Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States Do you know war?
