Polemics constructed as novels, whether political, philosophical, religious, anti-religious or more, have existed for some time. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle used fiction to portray horrible practices and virtual wage slavery for immigrants in the meatpacking industry. Ayn Rand railed against collectivism by lifting rugged individualism to near mythic proportions in Atlas Shrugged. In this novel, Mr. Power beats a loud and unending drum for the creation of labor unions that will truly benefit the laborers, rather than the bureaucracies that run them or the capitalists for whom they labor.

The hero of Power's story is Andre, a young man from a blue-collar family in rural Mississippi. Abandoned by his mother at an early age, he forms a lifelong relationship with his father. Unlike his parent however, he yearns to experience life beyond his southern upbringing—and experience it, he does. From manual laborer to union organizer, Andre learns about life and work as he travels the United States and Canada. although a wife and child are soon part of his responsibilities, Andre becomes convinced that the managing hierarchy doesn’t have the real interest of the workers at heart. Eventually he breaks away and forms his own union that he plans to take worldwide. Across the states and South America, he preaches the gospel of workers uniting. Soon he has existing unions, powerful capitalists, even the FBI out to thwart his efforts. Problems mount, marriages disintegrate, unholy alliances are formed, assassination attempts are made, and even though Andre suffers irreparable loss, nothing can dissuade him from moving forward with his workers revolution.

The author's craftsmanship can’t keep up with his imaginative storytelling. Often sentences and word selection fall short of the passion for perfection his hero exhibits. However, Power's enthusiasm is evident in the zeal with which he puts forward his point of view. Plus he copiously details the years involved in taking Andre from a young boy to a man of forty.

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