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The Patriocracy
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In a nation that looks suspiciously like our own-but with the volume turned all the way up-the annual Patriocracy Renewal forces every citizen to declare where their devotion lies. Pachydermian or Mulecratic. Shepherd or Prophet. Creed or Vale.
Ellis Brogan wants none of it.
When he checks the forbidden box-UNAFFILIATED-the entire Republic spirals into a moral panic. Suddenly, Ellis is no longer a clerk at the Ministry. He becomes the Brogan Anomaly, a symbol both political factions are desperate to sanctify, weaponize, or destroy.
On one side stands First Patriot Harlan Creed, the President-turned-spiritual-shepherd whose calm devotions soothe a terrified nation. On the other is Dr. Seraphine Vale, the fierce prophet of dissent whose warnings of creeping theocracy ignite crowds with apocalyptic urgency. Each claims Ellis proves they were right all along.
As Creed's followers chant prayers to stability and Vale's disciples shout warnings of democratic doom, the Patriotcy Council collapses, the media spirals into myth-making, and the Republic divides itself into competing religions of certainty. Caught between two manufactured narratives-and the fears that sustain them-Ellis must navigate a world where truth matters less than the comfort offered by powerful voices.
But when a civics classroom quietly allows a child to admit, I don't know what patriotism means yet, a new possibility flickers into view: a Republic willing to live without myth, without certainty-and without a shepherd.
Part political satire, part cultural mirror, The Patriocracy is a razor-sharp, darkly funny exploration of modern patriotism, fear, identity, and the desperate human hunger for certainty in uncertain times.
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