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“When a brilliant engineer discovers that a landmark global environmental treaty is a trillion-dollar financial scam, he is branded a dissident and forced into a high-stakes battle against the military-industrial complex to expose the cover-up before it consumes him entirely.”
KEYWORDS: autobiography, creative nonfiction, political satire
161 pages 6x9 Trade book Available as a Paperback, PDF book, or ebook Read a 15-page preview at Blurb.com
About the Book
In this gripping political thriller, Will “Kip” Cleary — a brilliant engineer and former military specialist — finds himself at the center of a global conspiracy that reaches the highest corridors of power. When Cleary uncovers evidence that the international Freon ban, a policy costing the global economy trillions of dollars, is not an environmental necessity but a fabricated hoax engineered to enrich a powerful alliance of special interests, he becomes a marked man. Branded a dissident and a threat to national security, Cleary is systematically targeted by the military-industrial complex, which weaponizes psychiatric diagnoses to discredit his findings and silence his voice.
As Cleary navigates a treacherous landscape of institutional gaslighting, surveillance, and betrayal, he forms an unlikely alliance with Nikki, a tenacious investigative reporter. Together, they race to expose the truth before the forces aligned against them destroy not only their lives but the future of the nation. Behold Leviathan is a harrowing, thought-provoking exploration of the fine line between patriotism and treason, the corruption of science for profit, and the devastating personal cost of speaking truth to power.
Target Audience
- Adult readers of political thrillers and conspiracy fiction
- Fans of authors like John Grisham, Daniel Silva, and Brad Thor
- Readers interested in whistleblower narratives and government accountability
- Audiences drawn to speculative fiction rooted in real-world policy debates
- Independent thinkers skeptical of institutional and corporate authority
Key Themes
- Government and corporate conspiracy at a global scale
- Whistleblowing, dissent, and the personal cost of truth-telling
- The weaponization of psychiatry and institutional gaslighting
- The ethics and politics of environmental policy
- The intersection of science, power, and financial self-interest
- Media’s role in exposing — or suppressing — systemic corruption
Professional Book Review
Reviewed by Dr. Jeffrey A. Katt
Behold Leviathan, an ambitious first novel by WH Clark, is both original and intriguing. Certain chapters are loosely autobiographical, bringing a realism to the tale and making the story even more interesting. The novel begins with SP4 Cleary, an army specialist formerly stationed at the White Sands Missile Range, testifying before Congress, and shortly thereafter developing a love interest with Nikki, who is much more than she initially appears. After that, well, you would have to read the book yourself to appreciate all the twists and turns that the author supplies. Like the proverbial onion, each chapter reveals another layer of the intricate tale, until the reader descends into a world steeped in international intrigue, politics, religion, corruption, humor, love, and the darkly supernatural.
Clark uses his personal knowledge of politics, engineering, and the military to lend credibility to the story, and he takes the reader on a fast-paced ride into a world most of us have not imagined — except, perhaps, in stress-induced nightmares. Just when the reader thinks he knows where the story is going it turns in an entirely new direction. Only after finishing the book can the reader look back and clearly sort out which portions were pure fiction, and which are chillingly familiar — and true. Additionally, the chapters are not strictly in chronological order, a technique I usually find to be quite annoying, but here it serves to make the story evolve in a more logical manner.
Behold Leviathan is one of the most unique and original books I have read in quite some time. From the sharply satirical to the forcefully blunt, the novel holds the reader’s interest and forces him to reconsider the world around him. I look forward to future offerings from Mr. Clark.
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The action was the original draft of my screenplay HELSTAF (now called Fatherland) whereas the real HELSTAF (the “High Energy Laser Project”) is at White Sands Missile Range, which you will recognize from events in the novella. It was originally published by Authorhouse Books as Behold Leviathan, then serialized in a scifi magazine, and now – this, latest draft.
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