Reviews

...These 2008 and 2009 "ECONOMIC TIMES" are predicted in this book. But the real story of "elevated crime" that goes without an emphasis placed...may just happen as in this novel, unless the Administration makes a concerted effort to attack the rise of crime...

We just had two Banks robbed is a "SAFE" neighborhood for the 'first time' ever.

What's happening to crime in your neck of the woods?...

...Would make a good TV movie
Ron
Krc (7/4/2005) Richard, good to hear you are playing golf again; your game needed a lot of work! I read Deterrent and really liked it; would make a good TV special. If you need a 4th some Tuesday let me know I would love to play with you guys.




Retiree's first novel a socio-political crime thriller
R. Merial Martin
ExxonMobil Retiree News Article (7/1/2005) Framed for a crime he didn't commit, an eastern Governor is convicted and thrown into a sprawling wilderness prison compound built by his nemesis, who is now President of the United States. One man is in a race to save him. Retiree Richard Merial Martin's first novel, Deterrent, is written in vivid, break-neck style, one reviewer praised as akin to seeing a fast-paced movie, rather than reading a book. Through the device of the huge prison compound, encompassing an area the size of several western counties, built to hold all the nations criminals in a kind of brutal internal Devil’s Island, Martin explores the conflicting desires and choices of any free society craving safety and security.




Read like a movie
Virgil
California (5/9/2005) Loved the style. Can't wait for the sequel (II). Felt like I had just watched a movie. More writers should use this style. I learned that the author is inspired by the great Harry Essex who wrote many movie scripts. Recommend our legislators read this one. It does make you think.




Movie bound
Dianne
Texas (5/9/2005) When are they going to make a movie about this book? I can't wait.




Deterrent
Nick
Calif (3/7/2005) "Easy reading that leads to expansive thinking" Makes you think about what minimal crime in the USA would mean to you and those you love. Makes you think of ideas that would act as a deterrent to crime. Makes you think about a world where the 10 commandments are obeyed. Makes you think of a world where atheists obey the ten commandments not because of God but because of federal laws. Makes you think of the impact that a compound where once you enter there is no way to be released. And makes you think of how the ACLU would fight this if given the time which does not happen in the book. Makes you think about children being born in the compound without the rights of the abiding free citizenry outside. Makes you think about whether prisioners can have relationships and build families. Makes you wonder what type of weapons might be found with the compound. Makes you wonder if prisoners can live off the land as early pioneers did. Makes you think of a USA where 'diplomatic immunity' means that those foreigners who commit crimes never see their country again. Makes you think about whether prisioners can build their own society because of the quote unquote 'freedom within the walls on millions of acres' they now enhabit. Makes you think about the mandatory viewing of weekly broadcasts from inside the compound showing inmates killing and torturing each other and whether it is true or just a Hollywood production. Makes you think about whether the key people in government and the Supreme Court could secretly enact law changes that make such a deterrent constitutional. Makes you think about a drug-free USA. Makes you think about lower taxes from the closure of jails and prisons and approximately $100,000 a year that won't be used to support a prisoner, jobs for everyone who needs to work, and about a USA where courts are not backlogged and lawyers are not in Demand anymore.