License to Ill

Wright, Russell T.

ISBN 10: 1503033899 / ISBN 13: 9781503033894

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1503033899I4N00

Synopsis:

In the heart of Washington, D.C., where power is currency and truth is negotiable, Jerry Riggs is a Republican staff lawyer quietly drowning in stress, hypocrisy, and an unhealthy diet of Krispy Kremes. His marriage is on life support, his heart is giving warning signs, and his boss—the Speaker of the House—is desperate for any weapon to kill Obamacare before it kills the GOP.

Then Jerry stumbles across an old law-school acquaintance: Sebastian Vogel. Once a buttoned-down, big-firm lawyer, Vogel now lives in rural Kentucky, whence he's filed a seemingly quixotic constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. His argument? The purchase of health insurance violates his deeply held conviction that true healing comes not from medicine, but from consciousness itself.

What begins as a political favor spirals into something far more dangerous. As Jerry digs deeper, he uncovers surveillance, arson and whispers of assassination. The healthcare industry—trillions at stake—does not take kindly to threats. Neither do the politicians who profit from it. Caught between loyalty to power and the pull of a radically different way of seeing the world, Jerry must confront his own body, his own fear, and the possibility that everything he has built his life around is built on an illusion.

Darkly funny and intellectually provocative, License to Ill blends Seinfeld-style humor with metaphysical inquiry. What happens, it asks, when one man dares to question the faith that keeps the world’s most profitable religion alive? In a town that runs on denial, Jerry Riggs is about to learn the most dangerous truth of all:

Sometimes the only way to save yourself is to stop believing in the cure.

License to Ill, A Transformational Political Dramedy

What the critics have to say:

"Big money, political intrigue, a very inventive story with plenty of action, and characters you won’t soon forget make License to Ill a flat out page-turner. ––Roger Johns, author of Dark River Rising from St. Martin’s Press-Minotaur Books

“A witty and refreshingly original political drama.” — Kirkus Reviews

From an earlier edition:

It’s January 2013. Fresh off a shellacking in the November election cycle, Republicans in Congress would like nothing better than to take down Obamacare. But overweight, hard-drinking, wife-cheating staffer Jerry Riggs doesn’t care about that right now. He’s hated doctors since his dad died on the operating table. Now in middle age, he has a heart condition of his own.

Enter Sebastian Vogel, an acquaintance of Jerry’s from law school back in his home state of Kentucky, with a constitutional challenge to Obamacare under the free exercise of religion clause. Sounds like just what the doctor ordered, but Jerry has his misgivings about the case both personally and politically. Nevertheless, when “Big Healthcare” is implicated in the firebombing of Vogel’s home, it becomes Jerry’s job to get him safely to court.

Meanwhile, Vogel’s alternative approach to health and healing offers hope for Jerry’s physical issues that doesn’t include him being splayed down the middle—but at what cost to his hard-living, unconscious lifestyle? Truth be told, it may be too late to un-ring that bell, and Jerry knows it.

License to Ill is a Study in Philosophy— Its emphasis is on the nexus between spirituality and health, largely ignored by modern medicine, and the potential for self-healing. After reading it, you’ll never look at your body (or your doctor) the same way again.

About the Author: Russell T. Wright is a writer and attorney. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky. License to Ill is his second published novel. His first, The Self-Improvement Book Club Murder was published in 2011.

Bibliographic Details

Title: License to Ill
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket