It is a gripping novel that takes a comprehensive and holistic view of the country’s present-day social cancer, 133 years later Dr. Jose Rizal wrote his “Noli Me Tangere” in 1887. Through the life of Anton Hinirang, a young lawyer born to a poor family, and the struggles and misery of the members of Anton’s family, the writer painstakingly tries to expose the various root causes of our country’s social malaise at present, which result in the continuing massive poverty, powerlessness, and misery among the majority of the Filipino people. The book is also about the story of the Filipino in the last 500 years. It is about why we are what we are today. Why the Filipino is who and what he is today, in the eyes of his children, and in the eyes of the world. There is so much history of the Filipino in the novel. The book is about love in its core, particularly love for the least and last. It is about how we can build a country with love, brethrenhood, and the common good as its foundations. It is about how we can make the Philippines a better country, and make the Filipino great and respected in the global community. The book zeroes in on the social cancer afflicting our people – greed, lust for power, abuse of power and position, and immorality.