Utopia PR by Adam Bender | ARC Review
"Most people don't trust people in power, whether it's the government or a big corporation.." Review : Utopia PR, written by Adam Bender, is a political satire set in a dystopian Washington, DC, that offers a brisk and entertaining sendup of politics and the media, two machines driven by capitalism and ambition. Public-relations extraordinaire Blake Hamner (the n is silent) put off his honeymoon for his big break: joining a major political campaign for president. Now, the “Hammer” struggles to make time for his marriage as Crisis Communications Manager for Our Leader, who since taking power has become increasingly mad and totalitarian. The Hammer starts to reconsider his career choices when one of Our Leader’s savage steel hounds attacks the Comms team at a press conference. When a revolutionary levels grave allegations against Our Leader—and implicates Blake for the cover-up—the PR rep who though...