Since the “road to holiness must necessarily pass through the world of action”, the author’s aspirations inevitably brought her alongside the pilgrimage of the Filipino people towards the elusive “Promised Land” of peace and prosperity. It led her to a first hand view of the betrayal and treason of our national leaders and made her review historically why this was so. Her trip back to the Filipinos’ collective past enabled her to see in a different light why the masses of ordinary Filipinos are bereft of a genuine national identity today. It also brought into focus the reasons why the present system has almost collapsed and why an urgent cleansing and transformation must happen in the Philippines if it is to prevent itself from turning into a “failed state”.

The author’s priority for moral values and her Catholic standpoint are seen in the more controversial parts of the book – the many men of Gloria Arroyo and her “dance with the devil” as an illegitimate president turned dictator, a detailed recital of the treachery of all our presidents from Aguinaldo to Arroyo, how the United States veered away from the original intent of their Founding Fathers in dealing with the Philippines and the call to the conscience of the American people to undertake voluntary rectification in our country if it is to save America and finally, the imperative for all Filipinos today to choose either the path towards peace and prosperity but through civil war or maintain the status quo and become a failed state . She asserts that unless these sins are addressed we all share in the guilt. The author contends that if we are in a miserable and desperate state today it is because we have forsaken God’s directive “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all other things shall be given to you”. Happiness to her is “going back to our Ultimate Source”. And if as a result of this book the “first couple” decides to physically terminate her, the author believes they would only shorten her journey back to God.

The book is the author’s personal story. But it is also your story, the account of every Filipino who cares for his country, whether in the Philippines or abroad. It echoes the tale of all peoples in the underdeveloped countries, all preys and victims of the powerful governments, huge banks and corporations—the corporatocracy—and like us, each of them is also “A Nation Unborn”.

I never thought I would encounter such a book like this. It has been put on hold from further publication and reprinting. You wouldn't see any copy of this from the National Bookstore or any other book sale shop. I got it from my mother's friend which ironically is a government employee. Well, they're not all the same. Some employees hate their employer but hesitates to rant about it to keep the job and the life-sustaining salary and let's not forget, the 13th-month pay.

Of course, like any other printed item created to expose the scandals and anomalies brought about by the Philippine Government, I was surprised to know that Maria Linda Olaguer Montayre, the book's author, is still alive. Or at least for now. In these times of rampant media person killing, it would be safe to conclude that she's in the list. It's just not yet her time. We all hope she continues to live unscathed.

Why the title A Nation Unborn? To me the Philippine Nation was born the moment Negritos came and multiplied to the reign of the datus and finally to the present regime. I'd say despite the Filipinos' being born from the Motherland, it is still ignorance and hesitation that keeps us immature or in the most abstruse sense, Unborn. If I were asked I'd rather change the title to "More Reasons to Hate the Philippine Government" or "The Philippine Government Sucks: Were You Surprised?" or better yet "The Little Filipino Aborted by the Nymphoadministration". Hell yeah.

I'm gonna read this from cover to cover after I furnish my Sims 3 mansion.