Rick Veitch is really starting out this one with all cylinders running. First of all I love these covers. The take on famous paintings, I think, is awesome. Then he's got the whole kit-and-caboodle of characters going at it. Switzer is wondering where Flabbergast is at. I think she's really missing him. Meanwhile her husband, Loman, is trying to swing his own deals. And is regularly nailing Allie on the side. She's Healey's wife. He's the guy in charge of MOMO. He's turned his aide into a rock-star. Magoon's song is tearing up the charts and is the #1 ring-tone song right now also. Of course it's filled with subliminals, but . . aren't they all anymore? Oh, and did I mention that Healey and Magoon are also having an affair. Meanwhile Loman's sister DeDe is sleeping with the Sergeant, Morse. And Flabbergast's trail-buddy is still banging away at the Mother of Mountain trying to turn her back into the movie star Sylvia. But that's really now what this book is all about. This book is a satirical look at what would happen if the war in Iran lasted for another 10 or 15 years. It's a look at the war once the government couldn't afford to back it anymore and funding was switched over to the private sector . . corporate endorsements. It also shows some ideas of ways that recruiting would be targeted and how they would solve the problem of being in an apparent never ending war. Healey's filming a rock video in the middle of a war zone. When asked about it, he replies . ."Not to worry . . we got the Momomobile tricked out with the latest anti-shrapnel technology. Works by wrapping all incoming explosives in magnetic fields." He's then asked when the boys on the front line are going to get use of the technology. "Problem is your casualty rate is already so low it's tracking negative on recruiting. The 18 to 24 year olds we target require a certain statistical level of danger." And that's the kind of sarcastic wry humor we find throughout this book. I love this book. Yes is a huge soap-opera, but at the same time it's making a politcal statement. Basically it's saying that the war right now is already absurd, so . . let's amp it up and really see where we can go with it. In the beginning we even find out that Rick's being held captive. In these latest books he's been writing about quantum encryption and temporal signaling . . . the government wants to know where he got those ideas from. Irony and satire . . what more could you ask for in a book?
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