On 2024-01-07 Kurt Schlichter, author of the eight volume (so far) People’s Republic series (link is to my review of the first book in the series), has just released a new, entirely different, novel, The Attack.
The novel, written in the multi-viewpoint style of Max Brooks’s World War Z, tells the story of continent-wide coordinated attacks on soft targets in the U.S., taking advantages of that country’s porous southern border to infiltrate sleeper cells and weapons in advance of the attack. The narrative is set several years later, describing the attacks in the words of survivors, those responding to the attacks, and the aftermath as the U.S. responded to this assault on its own territory.
Here is the description on Amazon.com.
From the author of the bestselling Kelly Turnbull People’s Republic series of action novels comes his latest thriller, THE ATTACK. Set in the very near future and ripped from today’s headlines, THE ATTACK is a terrifying novel that describes in frightening detail exactly how America’s enemies could launch a massive terrorist assault here at home. From the White House to the Middle East, from the blood-stained streets of America’s suburbs to the cockpit of a B-2 bomber that will initiate the first blow in America’s merciless vengeance, THE ATTACK blends vivid realism with stirring action.
With input from key military and counterterrorism experts, THE ATTACK tells the story of a cunning, implacable, and brutal enemy taking advantage of a confused and weak president to launch an assault that dwarfs Hamas’s strike on Israel. With a wide-open border and American law enforcement focused on churchgoers and parents attending schoolboard meetings, the jihadist enemy can pick the time and place for its deadly attack. The only things standing in its way are the courage of America’s brave first responders and military, as well as regular citizens who are caught up in the bloodshed and are forced to fight back.
Although the book was written and rushed out after the 2023-10-07 attack on Israel, it is a full 336 pages in length. The Kindle edition is free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.