Through The Dark Looking Glass

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Ira Ellingsworth, a pawn in the neo-conservative movementunder the tutelage of his boss, Fred Rollins, a born-againevangelical Christian and archconservative, realizes that this isnot the destiny he wanted for himself. As an assistant districtattorney, he comes face-to-face with the unholy trinity of thePatriot Act, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and theViolent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007.To make matters worse, he is proselytized to become a memberof the Christian Zionist movement, which he eventually fi ndsto be hypocritical. He and his comrade-in-arms, Carol Langley, do battle against these forces, but they realize that they areoutmatched. Seeking a new direction, Ira and Carol get hiredby Roberto Sanchez, a lawyer for the American Civil LibertiesUnion (ACLU), and they blossom as civil rights lawyers. Iranow fi ghts against everything that Fred Rollins stands for, and he starts to bring justice back from near annihilation.The National Intelligence Agency and their ever-expandingsurveillance powers receive their fi rst realitycheck compliments of the ACLU, and Irabecomes an unlikely hero. He then undergoesa spiritual transformation as he breaks free fromthe power-obsessed neo-conservative worldand sees America is fi nally moving in a newdirection