Fracture Point by Jeff Altabef

I was given a copy of this book to read by the author. I would like to apologize to the author for it taking me so long to review. Even though this is the first book of the series it felt like a sequel. I had some questions that were not answered, like how did America fall into dystopia and how are all these men actually connected. The poor people being ruled by a few rich elite and the rich elite fighting amongst themselves seems way to familiar right now. America has dissolved into a dystopian society and a secret group is trying to change the future for the poor but first they have to get some of the rich on their side. The Fourteenth Colony has spies in all the places that rich people frequent and they gather information to be used against the rich. When one of their spies important information from the wife of a rich man and is then captured the Colony has to enlist his brother to get him back. At first there seemed to be only a few characters but as the story progressed there were almost too many to keep up with. The main character is Tom but his brother Jack is also very important. Mary and David, along with the other 14th Colony people, are side characters that I am guessing play a bigger part in the next book. The rich men who control everything are kind of hard to keep up with. They all seem bad but with a slight good purpose to what they do. Except for Warren that man is just crazy from the get go. I could easily tell he was the main bad guy. I was a little shocked at the end to find out the connection between the rich guys and the Fourteenth Colony. The story itself unfolds at a quick pace. The timeline is only a few days but so much happens that you could get lost along the way. The author does a great job of slowing the pace at some points so that the reader can catch up with the characters. The book does not end on a cliffhanger but if you need to know what the Fourteenth Colony does later then you have to read the next book. I am fine with how this book ended and due to time constraints probably will not read the next one. Overall 4 stars

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