Backlash

While exposing shortcomings of the political system currently in place in the United States, BACKLASH also provides a blueprint on how to clean up politics. Have you ever been disappointed by a politician who promised to "drain the swamp" and then, when elected, proceeded to become an inhabitant of that same swamp? Meet a real swamp drainer: Brother Clayton Shiloh, a rural Kentucky preacher, recruited to politics by an underground society known as "the Wise Men." This stealthy group, convinced that Shiloh is a truly independent political voice, provides guidance and funding to Shiloh's political campaign. Using a legal loophole, Shiloh rises rapidly from obscurity to become a major political force. He boldly advocates a "closer walk with God" as the path to follow to lead the country back to its core values. In so doing, Shiloh, with no professional political handlers, takes advantage of his constituents' desire to put an end to the decay in politics and politicians and gains the trust of voters by communicating what is on his mind directly to them by meeting with them in person. BACKLASH is perhaps best described as a study of friends and friendships, related in a setting which reminds the reader of the merits of an age when daily life was not so complicated and time could be suspended for the sole purpose of enjoying a beautiful sunset or breaking beans with your grandparents in their front yard on a warm summer night. While that time has surely left us in its dust, it still beckons for us to revisit its simple pleasures from time to time. BACKLASH takes you there.