Emporia, Kansas,, November 12, 2015 -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- New Novel By Michael X. Shapson, "Can't Take It Back", Tests Limits Of Free Speech.
—Chilling, provocative book will surely cause controversy.
Four high school football stars in Emporia, Kansas commit a random, senseless hate crime against a Somali Muslim student, and are sent to a shock incarceration program. While there, their eyes are opened to some hard truths about both political correctness and Islam. Upon their release, their desire for revenge drives them to put their new beliefs into practice. The plot produced by their righteous rage inadvertently sets off an explosive chain of events that has cataclysmic results for both themselves and the planet. They are then forced into an increasingly futile struggle to survive in the new post-apocalyptic reality they are responsible for creating.
The book is speculative fiction about a future we still have the power to change. No supernatural elements are needed here. The terror is heightened by the plausibility of the fast-paced storyline. It challenges all of us to examine what we truly believe about human equality and dignity, even as the horror and dread build relentlessly.