HOUSTON, May 16, 2013 /Standard Newswire/ -- The shocking news of the Internal Revenue Service attacking members of the Tea Party was foretold in a recently published novel by an author who himself has been the target of IRS harassment which he believes is because he is a Tea Party member and organizer.

For the past two years the IRS has singled out for scrutiny groups with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names as well as nonprofits that have criticized the government.

Those attacks are foretold in a novel by David Thomas Roberts that centers on the IRS and other federal agents attacking Tea Party members for their critical comments of the government.

"As a direct recipient of IRS targeting the political opponents of this administration, specifically the Tea Party, I am not surprised by the recent IRS announcements," says Roberts. "I also do not believe this was only orchestrated by low-level field examiners. Unfortunately, this administration continues to fulfill the plot in my novel Patriots of Treason which described this exact type of political retribution."

Roberts is author of Patriots of Treason (ISBN 978-1-936688-36-4, 2012, AKA Publishing, 300 pages, www.patriotsoftreason.com Paperback $16.32, Kindle $7.99 and Hardcover $23.69) which is a novel filled with political intrigue, heroes, scumbags, and amazing characters that addresses over-extension of anti-terrorism measures, trampling on the rights of a citizens group, burgeoning federal power, states' rights and Texas secession.

"'Patriots of Treason' presents a "what if" scenario throughout the pages and crescendos to a surprise ending no one would predict," says Roberts, who is a proud Texan actively involved in politics who has researched Texas history and the issue of secession to great depth.

Roberts describes himself as a fiscal conservative bordering on a constitutional libertarian who got tired of complaining about the rapid growth of federal abuse and decided to write a book instead.

Roberts, who attended Texas A&M and the University of Texas, is CEO of a technology firm. A resident of Houston, Roberts has lived in Texas since 1966. He has been twice nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year for the Houston region. He is a Tea Party organizer, member of the NRA, and political activist. He loves Texas music, hunting, fishing, racquetball and bicycling in addition to writing and spending time with his wife, four adult children, and one grandchild.