In the first of a two-book series, Robert M. UnKauf explores the development of a dystopian society, and examines what it might take to change the world. Following the lives of three generations of the McLeod family, To Begin As A Whisper is a story of Justin, James, and Adam McLeod: the first a survivor, the second a warrior, and the last a revolutionary. Before the the American War, and the subsequent Occupation, James McLeod knew that to do anything, you first must survive. His son, James, discovered that sometimes you have to try and speak out against the powers that rule you, even if you know it's hopeless. Adam McLeod, James' grandson, knows that some things have to begin as a whisper.