The Last President, John Barnes
The Last President, John Barnes
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The Last President

Author: John Barnes

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/03/2013

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

An author who “excels at combining the tension of the chase with the elements of science fiction,”* John Barnes delivered a fascinating and frightening scenario about the collapse of America’s political and social infrastructure following the destruction of modern technology. Now, the author of Directive 51 and Daybreak Zero continues his story of the wild postapocalyptic frontier—and humanity’s last desperate attempt to re-civilize their world.…For more than a year, Heather O’Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn.But other forces are rising too.Some people like the new life better.…In a devastated, splintered, postapocalyptic United States, with technology thrown back to biplanes, black powder, and steam trains, a tiny band of visionaries struggles to re-create Constitutional government and civilization itself, as a new Dark Age takes shape around them.*Rocky Mountain News

About John Barnes

John Barnes is a multiple Hugo and Nebula award nominee and the author of The Return with Buzz Aldrin. He lives in Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on January 22, 2023

I lost interest in this, the third book in a series which had an interesting premise. Too many characters who did not stand out and too much jumping around. I lost interest and skimmed to the end, which was interesting. Perhaps I'm a little too harsh to give this 2 stars. It's more like 2.5.......more

Goodreads review by Craig on March 30, 2014

Really enjoying this series. Things are looking pretty bleak for civilization this time around and the United States is on the ropes. But there are still good people out there, doing what needs to be done. Plus, a glimpse at the likely-extraterrestrial nature of Daybreak itself--has this happened to......more

Goodreads review by David on September 20, 2013

It is possible that some people will read this book without having read the previous books in the series. They will find themselves trying hard to figure out what was and is going on. I have read the previous books and had trouble remembering the back story. I don't think that many people will be sa......more

Goodreads review by Gar on February 01, 2014

The Last President is the third book in the "Daybreak" immediately-post-apocalyptic series. It's not very good but I keep reading it anyways. It's the kind of Schrodinger's Not Very Good that has a wave superposition state between Not-Very-Good-But-Enjoyable and Simply-Not-Very-Good. The apocalypse i......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on July 22, 2015

I struggled to get through this series but I was determined to finish them. I thought for a while near the end that it may not be so bad of a book but I was wrong. It really was a lame ending :(......more

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