Review - The Scorching - 1 star

 

If you expect this book by the Johnstone family (William and J.A.) to be like their previous western novels, you are in for a disappointment.  “The Scorching” is set in modern times and is presented with a highly conservative slant.  Being anti-terrorist, anti-Muslim, anti-conservationist, and several other anti- parts. For me this is the worst book from the Johnstone’s I’ve read because of too much of a slant, and I’ve read a bunch.  Some readers will really enjoy it for the story and others for the political slant.

While it is not a particularly unbiased book but is still quite readable with lots of adventure and action.  Perhaps some readers would even consider it a piece of propaganda. It is necessary that the reader probably somewhat suspend reality while reading.  The politization of a story is quite strong and at least for this reader, a little off-putting. It is about a group of Middle Eastern terrorists who are planning a major fire attack on the forests of the United States and really the world. They are being helped not only by wealthy oil-rich Arabs but politically motivated Americans…almost a la antifa.