Stories that challenge, inspire and dare to hope
Blake Dillon
About the author
Blake Dillon is the pen name of a recovering government official turned storyteller and constitutional observer who believes fiction can serve as both warning and compass. A former urban planner and resource manager, Blake spent over three decades facilitating public decisions across local governments. Trained to write with analytical clarity and an impartial tone, Blake now turns to fiction to explore what happens when neutrality is no longer required.
When not writing, Blake enjoys animated conversations with friends and family, feeding the soul with music and dance, diving into various artistic pursuits, and instigating mischief and sometimes hazardous adventures. Whether climbing mountains with dogs or a pack of friends, Blake draws inspiration from the natural world, the rhythm of shared laughter and music, and the quiet spirit that moves through all life. Once young and idealistic, Blake hoped to change the world; now older and wiser, Blake realizes true transformation begins within our collective selves.
Synopsis
It begins with a speech by a senator in the Michigan Statehouse — a question, really: What if there’s another way? What if we annex to Canada? But the deeper challenge is this: What if we reclaim our voice, reframe the system, and rewrite the rules?
That question sparks the Freedom Initiative, a grassroots petition to convene a national process of constitutional reform — led not by politicians, but by the people — students, artists, workers, veterans, and ordinary citizens. What begins as a symbolic protest quickly becomes something more: a sovereignty movement based not on division, but collective imagination.
Told through a kaleidoscope of social media posts, news stories, letters to the editor, blog entries, late-night monologues, sermons, and personal reflections, Tru North Uprising is a literary-political novel about how a nation speaks to itself — and what happens when it finally listens.
At once satirical and sincere, the novel explores democracy in crisis, the power of decentralized action, and the radical idea that change doesn’t begin with power — it begins with a question.
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