The Woke Iliad

The woke and the based battle it out in a hilarious revamp of Homer's Iliad.

Helen, America's Ambassador of Woke, has been abducted on the orders of the Moldovan President Bagrayev, the most politically incorrect head of state in the world. The outraged Americans, led by the conscientious General Womack, invade his small but nuclear-armed country. To gaslight Bagrayev and avoid triggering the Armageddon, they assemble a coalition of allies and sneak into Moldova overnight with a thousand submarines. Once at war, Womack must avoid escalation of violence at all costs. He must manage his opponent's volatile personality as well as the bickering identity groups within his own ranks. Both sides must find a way to deal with ruthless social media psyops and with perfidious captives and defectors.

Read now to find out how this most modern of conflicts will end, stuck as it is between the hyper-violence of nuclear holocaust and the hyper-sensitivity of wokeness.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS:

"A whip-smart revamp of Homer's epic, The Woke Iliad by George Boreas is a carnival mirror reflection of today's global chaos and a savage critique of political and social correctness, which doesn't hold back... While the prose is occasionally over the top, and the allegorical writing can be heavy-handed, the sardonic tone is consistent, biting, and undeniably amusing. This frightening vision of an over-woke future will have readers laughing out loud, but also weighing their own behavior through the author's farcical lens."

- Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★
 
"A satire on contemporary 'woke' progressive politics and its bêtes noires, The Woke Iliad is very funny. There are too many one-liners to mention here... The fight scenes are hilarious. And of course, yes, the whole thing is wrapped up by a 'woke' version of the Trojan horse, but I'm not telling you what that is. You'll have to read the book for yourselves."

- The Bookbag, ★★★★
 
"Boreas's readers will appreciate the rolling action, sociological savvy, and rollicking humor that pervades The Woke Iliad, an imaginative look at how we humans might evolve in a slightly skewed future time."

- Feathered Quill Book Reviews