SFF

The Acolyte

by Nick Cutter
ChiZine. Jun. 2015. 251p. ISBN 9781771483285. pap. $16.99. SF
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At an unspecified time in the near future, America has become a repressive theocracy, with the regular police force including a parallel branch known as Acolytes tasked with policing faith crimes in cities like New Bethlehem. Jonah Murtag is an Acolyte officer dedicated to seeking out heretics. When a series of bombings rocks the city, the Acolytes suspect religious dissenters, but there is a greater conspiracy at work, one involving the Prophet himself.
VERDICT This chilling alternate history version of an America being crushed by oppressive religious dogma is a trifle heavy-handed at times, but for the conflicted character of Jonah
Reviewed by Megan M. McArdle , May 15, 2015
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