2016 is an unusual book. It’s a book where our characters essentially crossed over to our world today, whereas I make it very clear that the world of Pacific is similar, but not like our own. It has political content, but it’s more along the lines of my personal musings on what I believe to be one of the most interesting events of the century. I’ve also found that people tend to read whatever it is that they want to see in the book itself, ranging from appreciation and understanding to outright vitriol (from our left-leaning readers) and MAGA! Trump! to utter disappointment (from our right-leaning readers).