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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
We the People: A Premonition by Russell Razzaque and T. J. MacGregor is a political thriller that is set firmly in a fascist American regime. Luna Ochoa, a former FBI analyst turned underground investigator, collaborates with Leo Montoya, a wealthy backer of a network monitoring government abuses. Their AI system generates alarming forecasts including nuclear conflict, environmental destruction, and widespread oppression. Jake Kessler, a journalist who was silenced for uncovering corruption, becomes involved after meeting Luna. Together, they work to implement a new governance model inspired by ancient Athens and supported by technology, designed to increase citizen participation by ensuring all voices are heard and ideas evaluated. This initiative aims to provide a path forward to avoid catastrophic outcomes like nuclear war, pandemics, and authoritarian brutality, which are extensions of what they already know and fear.
I'm not sure a more timely or terrifyingly realistic political thriller exists right now, but Russell Razzaque and T. J. MacGregor absolutely nail it with We the People. The credibility is linked to known events, and these allusions are not decorative; they illustrate how misinformation and governance failures could play out, and how alternative models have succeeded elsewhere. Remember Sharpie-Gate during a real hurricane? The use of parallel points of view is brilliant. An article triggers a raid on a safe haven operation, and through differing eyes, the unfolding of the story comes about in a full fleshing-out as a result. The best of the best for me is the intelligent incorporation of speculative elements through a logical progression, and Luna is my favorite character. Luna is not a random observer but a trained investigator working with surveillance, data analysis, and AI, and the sudden cascade of predictions is the result of accumulated suppressed information. Overall, this is a heart-thumping thriller that ticks all the boxes, and the authors have earned themselves a faithful new fan.
