Genre: Political Thriller
Description:
“Elections have consequences. This one could spell the end of
humanity.
Cursed with a near-perfect memory, former investigative reporter Quinn
Hamilton cannot forget the nightmare image of her husband’s twisted, broken
body. It’s been four years since she severed all ties with the outside world,
so it’s a shock to forgotten friends when she suddenly resurfaces to take the
job of White House press secretary just weeks before the next presidential
election…
…for the man who accused her husband of treason.
The president is defeated, but he refuses to concede. Before Quinn can
expose his plot to use a deadly virus outbreak to seize the White House, she is
forced to flee the capital. But as a suddenly vulnerable America hurtles toward
a calamitous nuclear war, she cannot escape the staggering truth her husband
uncovered before his death. It will be neither contagion nor conflict that
dooms us, but something more monstrous.
Something only she can stop, with memory her only weapon.”
Author:
“James Theimer didn't break all the rules to build a successful
small-town architecture practice; sometimes it just seemed that way. Nationally
recognized for his design, writing, and public speaking, he now follows that
same path with his first work of fiction. James' writing examines how ordinary
people respond when confronted with extraordinary events. Born in New Jersey,
he met his wife in the Caribbean before moving to northern California. They
currently reside on the coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean.”
Appraisal:
This story, that could rightfully be called apocalyptic or dystopian
in many ways, is in theory over the top. It has a president who pretends to be
religious, something we’ve seen before, but this guy, President Gentry, goes
way over the top with this. (Hopefully I don’t need to tell you that President
Gentry, just like the current guy, was all talk in this regard though.) I read
this book in late 2025 and was surprised to realize that the book was published
the month prior to the 2024 US elections. That’s because there was talk of president
Gentry using ICE in some questionable ways that happened in real life shortly
after the book was released. Hopefully everything that happened in the book
doesn’t happen for real or we’re in for an even tougher time than we’ve already
seen.
It’s a good read regardless and I hope it remains (mostly) fiction. I
should point out that it is a long read, about double the size of a typical
novel, but still falls way short of the length of War and Peace, so not
totally over the top in that regard. Definitely a good read, just keep
repeating to yourself, “it’s only fiction” and you’ll be okay.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 180-185,000 words
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