Looking Toward Eden

In October 2017, America is in grave peril. The United States faces a fiscal crisis due to the national debt and excessive spending.
In addition, the political and cultural divide seems to have widened beyond the point of healing. Those who dissent from the practices of the power elite in Washington D.C. perceive that they are being portrayed as intolerant and unsophisticated. Those who favor the expansion of government resent those who speak against their altruistic vision of the role of government.
Several states decide that the only way to live by the original Constitution and enjoy individual and economic liberty is to form a heartland nation based upon those principles. How will the newly-elected, liberal President John Malcolm react to calls to not resist the secession?
Author Terry Pellman chronicles the days leading up to the attempt by fifteen states to secede. The story is told through the words of the movement leaders, the players in the Malcolm Administration and the correspondents for the fictional news channel NewsNet.
Looking Toward Eden is a warning to all Americans who take our nation for granted.

Eden’s Dawn

In the sequel to Looking Toward Eden, the newly formed Constitutional States of America and the remaining United States must come to terms with the new reality of a divided America. While the new heartland nation must establish its fledgling economy and deal with a host of unintended consequences, the United States is now greatly diminished in size and population. The United States also finds that its economic structure is in a state of crisis, and the reduced strength of its military has the potential to invite challenges around the globe.
Separated from many of the Western, upper Midwestern and Southern states, a now primarily coastal nation finds that the mutual bitterness that divided the nation will have long-term consequences. And as the United States government attempts to conduct business as usual, diminished financial resources cause the nation to descend into disorder and chaos.