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Fire War
Fire War Trilogy
Fire War — Fire War Trilogy Book 1
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Late in the 21st century, the United Continental States of America is running smoothly — until Gunnery Sergeant Anthony Jackson begins to suspect that everything he was told is a lie.
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“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. It was the last thing he saw before the explosion ripped his small body apart with the force of a hundred suns. 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.
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.
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?
"Torn between liberty and safety, family and country."
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"Todd m. Thiede builds tension like a master conductor — every page tightens the screw until you simply cannot put the book down."
— Goodreads Reviewer
"Cinematic, propulsive, character-rich. The kind of thriller that begs to be adapted for a prestige TV series."
— Amazon Verified Reader
"Thiede has a gift for ordinary people in extraordinary peril. A breakneck read with a heart you don't see coming."
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"I wrote Fire War the way I'd want to read it — fast, dark, and honest about what people are willing to do when no one is watching."
— Todd M. Thiede
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