Page 1 of Longing for Liberty
PROLOGUE
Timeline of News
Eight Years Ago…
August 13
Dallas Morning News—In Midst of American Unrest and Financial Ruin, Young Senator Samuel Roan of Arizona Gives Rousing Speech of Peace and Unity
August 15
The Philadelphia Enquirer—Constitutional Amendment from House and Senate is Ratified by All Fifty States to Lower Age of Presidential Candidates from Thirty-Five to Thirty-Three, Allowing Senator Samuel Roan to Run on Independent Ticket
October 17
Seattle Times—Senator Roan Urges Americans Not to Seek Vigilante Justice After Spike in Terrorism: Promises Detailed Plan for Economic Regrowth, Combining Manpower and AI
November 7
BBC—The United States of America Presidential Election Results: Independent Candidate Samuel Roan Wins in a Landslide 83%
January 20
NPR—President Roan’s First Official Act is Named ‘America Factory Reset’: A Plan to Build Factories Across the Nation For Cotton Fabric and Clothing Production and Vehicle Manufacturing Using Combined Manpower and AI to Begin Immediately
February 2
MSNBC—Stock Markets Begin to Rise and President Roan’s Approval Rating Soars as He Continues the Call for Peace One Year After America’s Worst Terrorist Attack in History
March 15
People Magazine—President Roan Seen Shirtless During Boating Excursion with Wife while Visiting Spain for International Discussions: Internet Goes Crazy for His ‘Stacked Short King’ Physique
March 15
US Weekly—Arizona Governor Amos Fitzhugh Pulled Away from Female Mob by Secret Service; Says a Witness, “Those Ladies Were Feral!”
April 12
Rolling Stone—A Bashful Roan Reacts to Video Resurfacing from Before Political Aspirations of Home Gym Workout Ending with Wink at Camera
July 27
Daily News—Roan Warns Potential Protesters to Remain Peaceful While Exercising Their Rights After Supreme Court Ruling, and for Police to Subdue Possible Violence in a Non-Lethal Way
July 28
San Francisco Chronicle—Massive Nationwide Protests Erupt in Violence After Gay and Trans Rights Rollbacks in Twenty-Three States: Tens of Thousands Arrested and Bussed Out of Cities
August 11, 2029
The Guardian—Exclusive Report from U.S. Investigative Journalist Wylie McMahon
I’ve chosen to reach out to British friends and colleagues atThe Guardianwith my findings as opposed to American news outlets. I write this from a safe, undisclosed international location, because I believe my country is under quiet, but deep duress. In August of last year, during Samuel Roan’s rise to power, I was contacted separately by two FBI members with similar information about a cult-like organization called the Order of Mercy, or OM. I began my own digging. What I found left me more shocked and disturbed than any story of my life.
The Order of Mercy is a huge, underground white nationalist group that has been working for three decades to infiltrate the White House and Congress in an attempt to plant their ideals into American society and amass wealth among their already wealthy members.
OM is a community of “purists” whose center is in Idaho, but it branches out to all other parts of the United States. A community that has carefully kept its plans under wraps as it gathered more and more money and influence. According to my sources, more than a third of the current federal government and elected leaders are part of OM, including former President Wright.
