Book 1: Fire War, published 10/3/2015
Book 2: Fire War II: Treason, published 3/31/2016
Book 3: Fire War III: Uprising, published 9/17/2016
Fire War Book 1
“Man up,” he told himself. “Man up.” It was what his father always told him, and there was nothing more that he wanted than to be a man. So he took a deep breath, filling his nose with the scents of baseball and looked up to the sky, squinting a little.
It was a plane, not far from the blimp he noticed earlier; that was all. Nothing to be afraid of. A tiny sigh of relief escaped his lips as he saw the familiar shape outlined over his head, wings spread out against the sky.
It was the last thing he saw before the explosion ripped his small body apart with the force of a hundred suns. The quiet of thousands of lives extinguished in the blink of a second took over, disturbed only by falling rubble. The sun beat down again, hot and sticky, on what remained of Tom, his father, and all the others who had been unfortunate enough to be at Wrigley Field for the biggest game of the season."
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Late in the 21st century, the United Continental States of America is running smoothly.
Unemployment has been eradicated, terrorism is no more, and any internal dissent diminishes by the day. Most give credit to President Meyers, and many can no longer remember the last election, but it is a small price to pay to keep the country safe from the terrorist group Hariq Jihad.
Things aren’t as they seem, however, as Gunnery Sergeant Anthony Jackson is conscripted into the personal security detail of President Meyers. While the only thing he places above his country is his family, he begins to feel that not everyone is content with how things are. Even more, he begins to fear for his oldest daughter’s life as she begins to question the eroding personal freedoms and democratic rights. Considering that entire families have disappeared over the slightest infraction, one cannot be too careful.
Torn between liberty and safety, family and country, can Jackson balance his loyalties, or will he be lead to an explosive collision with the system he has dedicated his life to serving? In this explosive and highly acclaimed dystopian political thriller novel, the world you live in will never look the same again!
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My Review:
The United States of America has now become the United
Continental States of America or UCSA if you prefer. UCSA makes up the three
North American countries, the United States, Canada and Mexico with one
President. The people love that the president has finally gotten the three
countries to unite as it has brought unemployment up and terrorism down making
it a better place to live.
The people follow the rules and orders of the president
without question. They believe in everything he says and does. People like when
things are running smoothly and they don’t have to get involved. They can turn
their eyes elsewhere and not look or help out a fellow neighbor. But who can
really blame them because if they look or help out then they and their families
could disappear as well and who wants that.
Anthony Jackson is a Gunnery Sergeant in the Marines and
probably the best snipper ever. He trains other Marines to be the best. Being
in the Marines has cost Jackson valuable time with his wife and two daughters
over the years and he is ready to return home to try and make up some of that
time with them if possible.
Jackson doesn’t really know what he is going to do when he
returns home but that question is answered real quickly when he saves the
presidents life and is offered a position to protect the president in
Washington.
When his oldest daughter Maya starts to question everyone’s
freedom and rights and starts to hang out with the wrong people Jackson starts
to worry about his family and their freedom. He is afraid that they too will
disappear in the middle of the night so to speak. When it comes down to
choosing between his daughter and his family and his country Jackson has some hard
decision and choices to make or to think about.
I love me some dystopian books and I am so glad that I gave
Fire War a try. Yeah when I read the summary I knew I had to read it. I didn’t
sign up to read it at first but you know there are just some books that just
keep calling your name so to speak. I knew then that I couldn’t pass it up and
I am so glad that I listened. I love the world that the author has created for
Fire War and can’t wait to dive into the next book Fire War II: Treason.
Fire War II: Treason
Anthony Jackson, military veteran, member of the Presidential security team, father, husband, patriot and spy. His daughter safely recovered from a government detention centre, Jackson's role as a spy for the anti government Apocolyte group is firmly cemented. All he needs to do is keep his head down, do his job, and get intel back to his rebel handler. But as Jackson's suspicions about President Meyers are proven true, and the tasks he's asked to handle become more and more immoral, his loyalties are becoming strained.
Where is the line between truth and lie? Between loyal citizen and blind follower? Between right and wrong? And who gets to draw that line? The Apocolytes are growing stronger, but Meyers is too, and only one of them can be the bad guy. But which? Jackson needs to choose sides, and he needs to do it fast. But in the end only the biggest tragedy of them all can force his hand.
His life will never be the same, his family will never survive, and his ideals can be shattered or overturned. Assassinations are all part of the job, he's always dealt in lies and secrets. But now there's something much more personal on the line: vengeance. Saving the world from terrorists is no big deal, knowing who the terrorists are is the real trick.
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Jackson oldest daughter Maya has been taken by the
government for rehabilitation for having propaganda in her procession. Jackson
wants to get his daughter back so he turns to the only people he knows that can
help him and that is the Apocolyte a rebel group that is trying to over throw
the government and bring out the truth in order to take back their country and
save the people.
The Apocolyte have agreed to help Jackson but in turn he
must do a favor for them. It is like you scratch my back and I will scratch
your back kind of thing so of course Jackson agrees. After his daughter was taken
away it caused Jackson to open his eyes more to really be able to see what the
president is doing. With his position at the White House as the president’s top
security guy Jackson has access to a lot of information that could help the
Apocolyte.
Jackson must now decide which side he wants to play on.
Which side does Jackson believe in? Does he think that the president is doing
the best thing for the country? Is the president the good guy or the bad guy?
Is the Apocolyte the good people or the bad people? Whose team does Jackson
want to play on?
Fire War II: Treason has been a fast read it will grab your
attention with the first word and will hang on right up to the last word and
leaving you wanting more. This has been an awesome journey one in which I can’t
wait to follow more of in the next book Fire War III: Uprising.
Fire War III: Uprising
Anthony Jackson. Patriot. Spy. Widower. Still reeling after the death of his wife, Jackson is numbly training antigovernment troops. Confident that his role in political affairs has dwindled to being a glorified shooting teacher, Jackson is slowly trying to piece his heart back together. Until the call comes. The rebels are far from done with Jackson, and this time the promised reward is big and juicy: the Presidency.
As the world slowly falls apart, men fight and men die, and Anthony Jackson cannot simply watch. Something has to change, and someone has to change things, and deep down, Jackson knows that he's the only man that can do the job. But as cities fall, the eternal question continues to burn in his mind: just who can he really trust?
In a world of lies and secrets, where even the ones you love can betray you, Jackson must find right and justice. Only then can he lead the country that he loves. If he survives that long.
My Review:
Jackson is training troops to help in the fight of taking back
the country. Jackson and the Apocolytes are working together to bring down the
government. They are taking the country back city by city and state by state one
step at a time. They are trying to make the country free again a better place
to live for the people. They want a country where the people can live freely
and make their own choices in what they believe and not have the government
tell them what they can believe and what they can’t believe. The only way to do
that is go to war and fight for what you believe in and a better and safer
place to live and for what is right.
And one of the ways for them to take back the country and
make it a better place to live is to have another president. So who will be the
next president? Who is the best man for the job? Who do the people want for
president? It was suggested and decided that Jackson would run for president.
Will Jackson win the presidential election? Or will President Meyers win the
election and keep doing what he has been doing along? Which is brain washing
people and making them believe what he wants them to believe so that he can
continue to have control over the people.
I have truly enjoyed reading all three books in the Fire War
Trilogy but I do think that last one book three is my favorite with all the
action and the fighting. Once I picked it up I didn’t want to lay it down I had
to keep reading to find out what Jackson or Meyers was going to do next. It
grabbed me right from the beginning and didn’t let go until I turned the last
page I am not sure if as actually let go yet. I think the Fire War Trilogy will
stay with me for a long time to come hoping that what happened to Jackson,
Marcus, Maya, Mac and everyone else of the UCSA never happens in real life.
I would recommend the Fire War Trilogy to anyone who likes
reading dystopian or political novels.
About the Author
Perhaps you wouldn’t characterize the Finance Manager of your local automobile dealership as an Amazon best-selling author—until you get to know T.T. Michael. He has worked for the past decade at a Toyota Dealership in Illinois, but he is in the driver’s seat as the writer of, Fire War, a political thriller set in the year 2076. See what happens when the United States, Canada, and Mexico all join forces to make one super country. See more about him and his book Fire War at www.ttmichael.com
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