K. M. Ecke

I’m happy to be sharing my latest review, for the gripping Thriller novel, Moral Panic, by K. M. Ecke. If you love books with a political theme and government conspiracies, then this may be the book for you.

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Tanner Moore was a well-loved business-man, until the wrong people took him down. Clueless and at the mercy of an underground group that calls themselves ‘Social Justice,’ Tanner’s world spirals out of control.

I found Moral Panic to be fast-paced with excellent tension-building. I never quite knew what to expect: who were the heroes and who were the villains?

Tanner’s harrowing ordeal can be summed up in one two sentence excerpt-

‘The weight of everything from the past two days set in. The kidnapping, the loss of his former life, and the sheer nausea of his current experience made him numb.’

Many crucial aspects of the human condition are explored throughout the book. ‘Social Justice’ is a relevant and misunderstood concept that takes on many different forms, asides from being the name of the organisation that first took Tanner away from his life.

While not to be taken lightly, no-one should ever take Social Justice into their own hands as no good can ever come of it. Such things are best left to the professional authorities.

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I hope you enjoyed my short and sweet review of Moral Panic. I found this a bit difficult to get into at first, but after those initial few pages, I was hooked.

Moral Panic delivered high crime, political intrigue, and a kick-ass protagonist all wrapped up in one.

I recommend this book for lovers of Thrillers, be they crime or conspiracy related.… (más)

Moral Panic from K.M. Ecke is a near-future "what if..." that looks at near worst case scenarios from extreme technology, politics, and capitalism. While not yet quite fully possible it is also not far from the realm of the possible. The timeliness of the story is as much the reason for the rating as the story itself, perhaps even more so.

While some aspects certainly target the "fake news" defense of the current regime in the United States this is not simply a story that draws simple good/evil dichotomies and applies them to today's politicians and corporations. We see that the potential for abuse, whether of technology or power or their intersection, spans the political and social spectrum. There is a reason for checks and balances in most good organizations and governments. Rather than eliminating such checks and balances, as is the current tactic of the Executive Branch, they need to be constantly strengthened and made more adaptable.

If the reader is willing to read with an open mind I think this can appeal to anyone who cares about the future of the country and the world. It will strike close to home for most of us if we apply the critiques across the board and not just on those we oppose politically or ideologically. The story works well as a story, though I can't imagine that this was meant to be simply a story read for entertainment. There are some broad strokes of the brush in some descriptions but they serve to make the novel better as an example of what could happen. Those broad strokes also are applied to both likable and unlikable characters and groups, so there is little favoritism beyond the hope that those who would abuse technology for power will fail.

Reviewed from a copy made available through Goodreads First Reads.… (más)