Beyond the Lost takes a flamethrower to the Right and Left
Right and left-wing collectivists would hate Beyond the Lost because it spits on both ideologies and does so without apology.
2020s America was my ultimate red pill. Go back to the COVID crisis, and the Left sought stringent stay-at-home orders. When dissenters spoke out, the Left had no argument justifying their draconian restrictions, so they resorted to name-calling and gaslighting.
The Right pushed back, and they pressed the pedal to the metal when the Biden administration tried mandating COVID shots or weekly testing for larger companies, all while keeping up with their gaslighting. I remember reading a transcript from Malone.news when Joe Biden spoke about the Omicron variant back in 2021, never missing an opportunity to blame the “vaccine hesitant,” “unvaxxed,” call ’em what you will.
And who cared if small businesses went under or if people lost jobs from the restrictions and mandates? Oh, and don’t even get me started on their relentless push for DEI; their way of dropping everyone in groups and labeling some ‘protected’ and others ‘unprotected.’
Fast-forward to the 2024 Presidential Election, an event that we knew would go in the Republicans’ favor after four years of high inflation, escalating conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, supply chain crises, and mass migration across the southern border.
Why the Right would hate Beyond the Lost
If you thought anyone but Donald Trump would win that election, I almost feel for you. When Trump came back in, though, I knew one thing: He wouldn’t send America down the tube as quickly as Kamala Harris would’ve. But he was gonna push America closer to hellfire and brimstone.
Trade wars, those same conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza hardly seeing an end in sight, strikes in Yemen, Iran, and a Venezuelan drug vessel, and even detention for undocumented individuals, but not always proven, of living in the U.S. illegally.
What about pushing to expand surveillance and even looking to primary more honest members of Congress like Thomas Massie? Massie’s “crime?” Holding true to his principles and refusing to follow the herd during a spending fight. That takes courage, and Trump’s posturing showed us he had no real argument against Massie.
Chastising both sides
Here’s what my book page for Beyond the Lost Horizon says below its description:
“Disclaimer: This series contains strong political themes. It ain’t for Marxists, socialists, theocrats, neocons, whiners, the far-Left, the far-Right, or people who ace books on Goodreads because they read a sentence that hurt their feelings.
“But if you’re sick of propaganda-laced fiction that follows the rules of the state, the gatekeepers, and the genre police, you’re in the right place.”
Horizon takes cheap shots at leftist ideology, specifically cultural Marxism, the southern border crisis, official, mainstream historical narratives, and publicly-funded programs, like FEMA. I go all out here and don’t stop, even if I’m moving the story the entire time.
As for Book II, Beyond the Lost Assault, I’m telling the Right, “I didn’t forget about you.” And once again, I’m relentless, maybe even over the top. The Right’s always been easier for me to take jabs at since I’m around right-wingers, thanks to the area I live in.
Are you emotionally tough enough?
That’s my challenge to readers. Are you someone who leans right or left, or even on the mainstream Right or Left, tough enough to handle Quinn Cozens’ counterarguments?
And are you emotionally intelligent enough to recognize that, regardless of your mainstream worldview, some of it requires coercion to implement? If you answered yes to those questions, then take the challenge and check out Beyond the Lost Horizon.
And if you’re a libertarian like me, chances are, more than the story will entertain you.
