I would like to welcome Mike Kearby to The Avid Reader today. Thanks for stopping by Mike. Please be sure and check out Mike's short story Men of Color book #1 in the Fone-Stories™. Check out my review and an excerpt of Men of Color.
Book Title: Men of Color
Author: Mike Kearby
Series: Fone-Stories™ #1
Publisher: Self
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Format: Ebook
Words: 2500
PURCHASE
Men of Color
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Men of Color
In the year 2031, the world is broke and broken. There are no more courts, or lawyers, or investigations...Only Men of Color. And in 2031, someone always pays.
EXCERPT
Men of Color
They came for DeOtis Williams in the early morning.
They always did that.
Not at 6:00 a.m. or 7:00, times one would logically expect upon hearing, "They came in the early morning."
No, they came in the early morning.
One a.m.
They came at one a.m. because that was the way things were done in the year 2031.
They came because three attestants told a District Evidentiary Panel that on the day Christine Norwood was murdered, they witnessed DeOtis Williams knocking on Christine's door.
"Knocking angrily," they said.
And that was it.
Christine Norwood was dead and in 2031 someone must pay. It was the law.
Plain and simple.
Christine Norwood was dead, and DeOtis Williams would pay because three attestants had seen him at Christine's door. And not just that, at her door knocking angrily.
It was the way of things because in 2031 the world was skint.
The empire destitute.
And the state stone-broke.
In fact, the entire planet was bust.
The world was broke-and broken.
And because of that, grand juries, and investigations, and DNA testing no longer existed.
Plain and simple.
The courts were abandoned. Cast aside because they had devolved into an interminable labyrinth of congestion that came to be known as: The Inexhaustible Overload.
So they created a new system complete with a new name. A bright, shiny name: District Evidentiary Panel. The name offered unrestricted hope for all because of that word: Evidentiary.
It was a word of most pleasant proportion.
The word meant someone would pay.
Oh, glorious word.
Evidentiary.
It rolled off one's tongue with perfect symmetry and on this day it carried a name with it-DeOtis Williams.
Three attestants said so.
DeOtis Williams standing at Christine Norwood's door knocking angrily.
Three attestants saw.
DeOtis Williams, the inculpated pizza delivery man.
And because of that and nothing else, they came.
Early in the morning.
MY REVIEW
Men of Color
The following review is my opinion and not a paid review. I was given a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.
DeOtis Williams lives in a world that has gone broke in the year 2031 and because the world has gone broke they have done away with the judicial system. They have created a new system called District Evidentiary Panel. With this new system there are no more courts or police officers for there is no need for them anymore. All they need to convict anyone of a crime are three attestants.
With this new system the District Evidentiary Panel each crime is punishable by changing the skin color of anyone that commits a crime. Each crime has its own color and each color has its different amount of time, years that each person must live as a man of color.
Men of Color is written from a brilliantly imaginative, creative mind. Mike Kearby knows how to write and create a story that will stay with you long after the story is finished. I liked that each crime is punished by a different color and have to be worn for a certain amount of time for each crime. What if a person is accused of a crime that they did not commit? What if there is no witness to the crime? That seems unfair to me to punish someone for a crime when there is no evidence to prove they are guilty.
- About the Author
From Wikipedia: Mike Kearby (born 1952) is an award-winning American novelist and inventor. Since 2005, Kearby has published ten novels, one graphic novel, and written two screenplays: (2011) Boston Nightly, with fellow writer Paul Bright and (2012) The Devouring. Boston Nightly is scheduled for filming in Dallas in the spring of 2013.
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