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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0380973200
ISBN-13: 9780380973200
May 1997
Publisher: Harpercollins
404 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Madeline O'Keith Turner becomes the first woman President of the United States after a death in the Oval Office. Unknown to her, her predecessor had sold out Taiwan, giving the People's Republic of China the ego boost it needed to start moving into other areas of Asia. When the PRC demonstrates its nuclear prowess by exploding a bomb over an unoccupied area of Asia, Turner knows she must act fast or lose both national honor and political power.
| Size | | Length: | 404 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
Public libraries should expect requests for this title, which may catapult Herman (Dark Wing, LJ 5/1/94) from the military/technothriller genre into the best-sellers category. In 2001, a female vice president is in the Oval Office after the president's unexpected death. Intent on tax reform and untried at foreign affairs, President Turner is thrust into an international crisis when China threatens Japan near an American military base. At home are political foes, some very near, determined to bring her down. Herman's White House episodes, political intrigue, military base action, and international negotiations crackle with tension and credibility. This novel shows the dominant role psychology plays in both domestic and foreign affairs. For most popular collections. Rebecca Sturm Kelm, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib, Highland Heights
Ives
With the sudden death of the president of the U.S., Madeleine (Maddy) O'Keith Turner, the first woman vice president, unexpectedly adds a more earth-shaking first to her name. Herman (Force of Eagles) surrounds his woman president with enemies both foreign and domestic. General Robert Bender, her reluctant military adviser, also finds himself between a rock and a hard place. Because of his new political role, he is no longer accepted by his military peers; and because of the president's antipathy to anything martial, he feels outnumbered in her cabinet. In the midst of the tension, China brings the world to the brink of world war with an attack on Japanese territories. Untested, Maddy must prove herself a world-class diplomat and expert in foreign affairs or face possible nuclear catastrophe. Fighting off bureaucratic and military enemies, General Bender tries to educate his commander in chief in global strategies. Meanwhile, Brigadier General David Martini, commanding troops in Okinawa, waits tensely for orders to deploy. Meanwhile, like a Persian cat scenting cream, Maddy's chief of staff, Patrick Shaw, prowls the White House, testing his own political wiles. Herman has created a convincing woman leader. President Turner is an intelligent, sympathetic character who grows stronger as she learns her job. Other major characters too, are more fully realized than in his previous military thrillers. Realistic and suspenseful, this is a timely and thought-provoking story. (May)
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