Open Primary, A. C. Fuller
Open Primary, A. C. Fuller
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Open Primary

Author: A. C. Fuller

Narrator: Annie Ellicott, Jeff Hays

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 05/26/2020

Synopsis

The two-party system was broken, so Mia Rhodes created an alternative.But when you fight the system, the system fights back.After a lifetime of political disillusionment, Mia Rhodes created an alternative to the two-party system: Ameritocracy. Part American Idol, part Iowa Caucus, her online political competition will find the most popular independent candidate in America and give them a genuine shot to win the presidency.Anyone can run … The American people vote online … The winner receives instant fame and a campaign war chest to battle the Democrats and Republicans in 2020.But her project flounders until Mia catches the eye of eccentric tech billionaire Peter Colton. With Mia’s vision and Peter’s money, Ameritocracy ascends from punchline to possibility. As the site grows, the stakes rise crisis by crisis, and Mia must learn that ending politics as we know it means saying goodbye to the Mia Rhodes she has always known.

About A. C. Fuller

Once a journalist in New York, A. C. Fuller now writes fiction at the intersection of media, politics, and technology. Before he began writing full time, he was an adjunct professor of journalism at NYU and an English teacher at Northwest Indian College. He is also the creator of the WRITER 2.0 Podcast, which ran from 2014 to 2016 and was consistently one of the top independent writing podcasts in the country. In addition to NYU, A. C. has taught writing for the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, the Write in the Harbor Conference, the Royal City Literary Arts Society, the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, and many local libraries. He lives with his wife, two children, and two dogs near Seattle.

About Jeff Hays

Jeff Hays and Annie Ellicott are the star voices of the breakout audiobook production company Soundbooth Theater. They’ve voiced over two dozen audiobooks together, and there is no end in sight. Both have roots in music, Jeff being a composer and bass player, and Annie a renowned jazz singer and songwriter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 29, 2018

This exciting novel by A.C. Fuller, for me personally a new author, has been a surprisingly amazing reading experience. Open Primary is also the 1st volume of a trilogy that is called "Ameritocracy". Story-telling is of an absolute very good quality, the storyline is incredibly well structured, and th......more

Goodreads review by J.R. on December 31, 2017

As with all of A.C. Fuller’s books, Open Primary held my attention and kept me up well into the wee hours, reading it in a single sitting. Although I had my reservations about this book—could Fuller make modern politics, specifically American elections, interesting? Is such a thing even possible?—I......more

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