"One Year After"
William Forstchen
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"One Year After"
William Forstchen
To Try Men's Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom
by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen
http://www.amazon.com/To-Try-Mens-So.../dp/0312592876
This was an excellent read and helped remind me that regardless of how dark the future may look, We as Americans have overcome great adversity in the past. I need to keep in mind that there are still patriots of great courage in this country and if well lead, We are still capable of greatness.
God Bless the Republic!
Just finished that. Just started State Of The Union by Brad Thor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
Am currently working on book 4 of Freehold series.
Blacklabel, prophecy came true, sucked in by freebie and had to buy the rest. All worth reading again.
Wild at Heart, Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul. by John Eldredge. Trying to put into perspective what it is to be a man especially in today's world.
Finished Freehold book 4 recently and book 8 of Boyd Craven "The World Burns" series (@ $1.99, still alot of dime store novels out there) this afternoon.
IMO, most series turn downhill around the 4 book mark.
Am undecided about the Freehold series. Books 1&2 were pretty good but it took me alot longer to figure out and identify with the "hero" in books 3&4. Pretty much same with "antagonist".
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I just finished "To the Edge of the World", which chronicles the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
In the midst of "Panama Fever" about the construction of the Panama Canal.
Yes, I'm a construction nerd.
I've been reading the Final Dawn series. It's the ultimate prepper porn/fantasy. Win the lotto, find out about an asteroid that's going to freeze the plane the next day kind of stuff but it's been entertaining. It's also free with Kindle Unlimited.
How does an asteroid go about freezing a plane? I am confused.
Got email notification this morning. A. American "Survivalist" series book 7 has been released.
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You have to read it to find out!Quote:
Originally Posted by UncleDave
I was just mimicking the amount of editing that went into the book series.
Anyone picked this one up yet?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journal...et-un-screwed/
I've been reading the Best Laid Plans series. It's been pretty good for free books.
https://www.amazon.com/Fuel-Best-Lai...=1&*entries*=0
Just finished the 'Red Rising' trilogy written by Pierce Brown. I literally cannot figure out why it didn't win the Hugo. It is very good.
Now re-reading 'Speaker for the Dead' Orson Scott Card.
Third Target by Joel Rosenberg, Number one in a new series. I have read pretty much all his books and he is a good Author.
Just finished The First Hostage yesterday - enjoyable reading for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
Already got it on the shelf waiting for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Batteriesnare
"Gentleman Joel And the Red Queen" - latest vorkosigan book from Lois M. Bujold; finished it two weeks ago. Been reading some old compilation issues of pulp SF magazines from the 30s-50s on my Kindle.
Saw the movie but started reading "The Revenant" yesterday. So much better and truer than the movie. Great read !!!
SJWs have hijacked the voting, and for the past few years, it's been impossible for anything written by a white non-gay male to win.Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
Read "Freehold", "Weapon", "Better to Ask Forgiveness" and just finished "Contact with Chaos" in this order, I don't know if this was the intended chronological order. I got hooked the same way...... "Rogue" is next for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
For those getting them from kindle on their Free list. Could you post it here. Thanks
OR..................... maybe start a new thread?
For those who have read Brad Thor, you may be interested to know he is scheduled to be at the Tattered Cover on Colfax on June 28, 2016, at 7:00 PM.
http://www.tatteredcover.com/new-eve...w-event=114125
http://bradthor.com/brad-thor/appearances/#.V0kMMbpidPM
I found this out while at a reading and signing by Nathanial Philbrick, author of The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Stand-Cus.../dp/0143119605
Also, Justin Cronin, author of The Passage is scheduled to be at the Tattered Cover on June 8, 2016, at 7:00 PM, for a reading and signing for book three in The Passage trillogy, City of Mirrors.
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Originally Posted by Batteriesnare
Just st finished it tonight, I agree very entertaining read!
"One Year After" has been released, the sequel to "One Second After", started reading it the other day... Here's a blurb from Amazon:
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New York Times bestselling author William R. Forstchen brings a sequel to his hit novel One Second After. Months before publication, One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at the dangers of EMPs. An EMP is a weapon with the power to destroy the entire United States in a single act of terrorism, in a single second; indeed, it is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. One Second After was a dire warning of what might be our future...and our end. Now, One Year After returns to the small town of Black Mountain, and the man who struggled so hard to rebuild it in the wake of devastation-John Matherson. It is a thrilling follow-up and should delight fans in every way.
https://www.amazon.com/Herbert-Hoove.../dp/1451648677
Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency
by Charles Rappleye
and
https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Ham.../dp/0143034758
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
Interesting to read about people who faced the troubles and opportunities of their time and what came from their decisions.
Read that over a month ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by sellersm
For those of you interested in a little non Fiction, I just finished an interesting book called The Forgotten Dead by Ken Small
Here's the synopsis from Amazon:
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On April 28, 1944, a rehearsal for the D-Day landings off England's Devon coast went terribly wrong. A series of blunders allowed German E-boats to intercept the convoy of landing ships, and 946 Americans—many of them young and untrained—lost their lives. Yet until the publication of The Forgotten Dead, the true scale of this tragedy had never before come to light. This is the story of one man and his obsession to honor the memory of the 946 American soldiers who died needlessly that night. In the early 1970s, Ken Small, a hotelier, began beachcombing along Slapton Sands, near his hotel. He soon discovered unexpended bullets, U.S. dollars, and the personal possessions of U.S. servicemen. Gradually, he pieced together the events of that night and began the struggle to erect a memorial to honor the dead soldiers. This is the story of how he fought governments on both sides of the Atlantic to uncover the truth.
Yeah, I read it when it came out last year - ties up a lot of story threads, but to me not as compelling as the storyline of "One Second After". Worth a read if you read the first, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by sellersm
I recently finished three of the four "science of discworld" compendiums and the Tiffany Aching discworld novels from Terry Pratchett, been reading or re-reading some classics - "Treasure Island", "Typee", "Omoo". Halfway through the "World of Ice and Fire" companion to the "Song of Ice and Fire" series to feed my GoT lust.
I really like the Nac Mac Feegle or The Wee Free Men. [Beer] It's ashame that Pratchett has passed away. Discworld is an amazing literary universe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Circuits
I'm currently reading Robert Crais's novel, The Promise. It brings together Crais's team of private detective Elvis Cole and Joe Pike with characters from his previous book, Suspect, K9 officer Scott James and his jarhead war dog, Maggie. Great page turner story and superb writing--I should finish today. If you like detective mysteries I highly recommend Robert Crais' books. I've read them all.
http://www.robertcrais.com/books/book_the_promise.htm
If you're a dog person you should first read Suspect, then The Promise. You can thank me later. [Beer]
Hummer
Sorry, I meant the paperback was just released. I didn't want the Kindle or hardcopy edition...Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
Finished Stephen Coonts "Flight of the Intruder" recently. Enjoyed it, nice change from all the low quality freebie post apocalyptic novels I read. Will probably try out a few more Coonts offerings.
Going to try Hummers recommendation on Robert Crais first.
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I'm reading "Command and Control" about the growth of the nuclear arsenal, the strategic plans for their use and the many, many mistakes made in handling them. Based on the stories in the book, its amazing to me that we've never had an AD of a nuke...yet.
That sounds pretty interesting. There was a documentary I saw a few years back about how Pakistan got nuclear capabilities. It was pretty scary, considering how much former Russian scientists had a hand in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhino0427
I'm almost finished reading "The War on Cops" by Heather MacDonald... Really great read! I highly recommend. Now if I can finish "Inferno" by Dan Brown before the film comes out.
Any Mark Goodwin fans?
Very thought provoking author for some folks.
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Been reading the "Hell's Gate" series by David Weber, and the most recent Safehold series book. Hope there's another Safehold book coming to wrap up the aftermath - rather abrupt end after nine damn books...
Also the latest emberverse book, "Prince of Outcasts".
double tap
Almost done with Hilaire Belloc's "Characters of the Reformation".