The idea for th eplot was good but as much as I like political stories it was not for me. This is a writer who has been watching too much television and political shows. He then has an idea to write what he thinks It sells well for awhile.

First Citizen by Mrk Tiro is quite an interesting read.

Description
With his life falling apart, a failed writer lashes out at the politicians he holds responsible. He pens a bitter, fake guide for aspiring dictators—a how-to roadmap to seizing power. In a jail cell half a continent away, a failed, small-time party leader reads a smuggled copy—and begins to apply its lessons, one by one.

This book makes you definitely think and ponder. I was thoroughly surprised and happy I read this book.
I was provided this book free of charge in exchange for my honest opinion. I definitely give this a 5 Star

It seemed like a good plot but bounced around too much in the story line. I prefer books with a law and order theme.

Such a clever book.
Unlike the two previous instalments in this quality series the events here do not for the main part take place over the course of one night.
However, the writing is still economical and wonderfully engaging. You become involved in the story completely and you sense the logical outworking of this brilliant concept for a short story.
A struggling writer seems to do anything other than what he needs to do to move from a blank screen to written words for his next book.
His only interest seems to be failed politicians and an ire for the stupidity of the people that allow individuals to hold power over them. Worse than sheep before the empty, broken promises of insincere and manipulative political leaders.
He has a light bulb moment. Why not write a piece of political satire sending up the whole process of how extremism and dictators ascend to authoritarian power. It is a charming book that captures the public’s attention and staves off the author’s own insolvency. Sadly although popular the book does not seem to be heeded by the masses who repeat the same mistakes when voting for their leaders.
The story moves to an angry ex soldier down on his luck who has a way with words and a charisma that makes people listen. He can mesmerise a crowd and win over support but his early political successes are curtailed by an extremism that leads to his party being banned and imprisonment for him and his more ardent followers.
The remainder of the book details the adjustments he needs to make to achieve any political favour and holds up the author’s book as a measure of those achievements.
It is a quite stimulating read that does reflect on the lessons we learn from history regarding the rise of National Socialism in Germany in the 1930s. That this is linked to this treatise produced by this fictional author is clever and poses the question about what can we learn from history and the rise of totalitarian rule.
Mark Tiro has a good writing style and his ideas in his own works rise a number of issues often with a sci-fi twist. What is chilling here is that this is so much part of our real world politic and resonates with events in some of our own lifetime experience.
He poses a question of the power of words and ideas and if fact is stranger than fiction. Or perhaps more correctly, if life does imitate art?