Finding Sanity in Satire: “No Hell Below Us,” a Cathartic Powerhouse for Conservative Readers

In the tumultuous landscape of today’s socio-political climate, where ideologies clash and tensions run high, individuals often find themselves seeking refuge and catharsis in various forms. One such refuge, often overlooked, is found in the realm of fiction.

In an adventure, the reader can experience the thrill of heroism; in horror, he can face his fears. And in satire, the reader can exorcize the built-up tension of political frustration by having a good laugh at the absurdity of it all, however serious the source of his frustrations are: a media dominated by left wing ideologues, a two-tier justice system that punishes dissent, schools indoctrinating children with fallacious philosophies against the wishes of their parents, shadow bans or outright bans of conservatives who dare express their beliefs in public, social media companies that censor truths and manipulate narratives to force compliance to an elite-driven worldview. These are indeed serious problems, but, once in a while, it can be wonderfully cathartic to just laugh at it all.

Enter No Hell Below Us: A Political Tour de Farce by John Twain, a book that has resonated particularly well with conservatives who find the modern collapse of Western Civilization to be quite disheartening, to say the least. With Savage wit, Twain takes aim at the Left’s trinity of divisiveness—race, class, and gender—by asking the question: What if RACE, INEQUITY, and GENDER disappeared? Surely humanity would achieve utopia, right (at least a secular utopia as described in the Left’s anthem, “Imagine”)? Guess again—for the Devil’s in the details.

As if we don’t already live in ridiculous times, Twain cranks the absurdity to eleven, exposing critical race theory, intentional class warfare, and gender theory for the mockery of goodness that they are. Elites scramble as one by one, their precious means of dividing and conquering disappear in Twain’s surrealistic world. Because they already control media, academia, the government, and the deep state of corrupt bureaucracies, the woke Left have an edge, even as race, inequity, and gender disappear, but there is a divinely-organized resistance operating below the radar that they do not count on.

Hijinx ensues as a wild cast of characters emerge from the pages of this timely farce. Though any resemblance to real people are “purely coincidental” *wink wink*,  some would say Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Steven Crowder, and Andrew Klavan are inspiration for key players in the story, as are some of the inglorious woke agents of our day.

If you crack up at the satirical humor of The Babylon Bee and JP Sears, you will love the comedic justice served up in No Hell Below Us.

And, though satire provides cathartic relief from the loss of control conservatives feel in a society dominated at every level by elites of the Left, satire can make a real difference in the national conversation—it can even wake the woke! Do you want to see more books, especially exceptional fiction, written from a sane worldview, championing the values that made America a once great (and good) nation? Do you want to see books that challenge the fallacious and damaging ideological concoctions of our day? Then, we boldly ask that you support this exceptional work. Read No Hell Below Us, tell everyone you know about it, leave a great review on Amazon, and get this book into the national conversation as we head into what is surely the most consequential election in our lifetime, Election 2024.