John McNichol’s The Emperor of North America The Young Chesterton Chronicles Book 2 It’s been over a year since Gilbert Keith Chesterton and his friends defeated the Martian tripod invasion. Since then, he has a new faith, a new job as a reporter for the London Times, and a new love—a beautiful heiress named Frances. Life couldn’t be better. But then things begin to go very wrong. Disturbing questions surface from Gilbert’s murky past. His best friend Herb’s sudden, unexplained wealth has made him distant and evasive. And the mysterious redheaded woman reappears, with trouble surely behind her. When Gilbert learns his life is in jeopardy, he leaves England and returns to his American homeland, where he thinks he’ll be safe. There he meets a powerful man who calls himself the “Emperor of North America.” Why has he taken such a keen interest in Gilbert’s career? Gilbert fights past dogged, airborne assassins and steam-powered cowboys, through the streets of New York and a floating city in the clouds. Along the way he learns that while his adversaries may change, America may not be any safer than England. For it is in America that both Gilbert and Herb will confront their most dangerous opponents yet...themselves. About the Book The Emperor of North America by John McNichol is the sequel to the bestselling novel The Tripods Attack! and the second volume in the Young Chesterton Chronicles—a delightfully inventive fiction series for teens to adults that re-imagines the famous Catholic author as a young man living in an alternative Edwardian age of steam-driven wonders. “The Tripods Attack is a page-turning adventure of Chestertonian proportions, a feast of the imagination for the young and for adults. It rendered this reader ready to read more Chesterton, as well as, this, McNichol’s next volume!” Kevin Vost, Psy.D., bestselling author of Tending the Temple and Memorize the Faith!
John McNichol was born in Toronto, Canada at the dawn of the swinging 70s...which likely explains why he is such a fan of the Big 80s. He lived the first eighteen years of his life in Toronto, leaving to attend college at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio.
College agreed with him in more ways than one. He received an excellent level of academic and spiritual formation at FUS, and credits it to this day with his ability to focus a life of faith onto creative pursuits. Most important, it was at FUS that John he met his American wife, and later lived as a legal resident in the United States since his graduation and wedding in 1992.
John now lives in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife Jeanna, their seven children and The Dumbest Dog In The State Of Washington. John is a Middle School teacher by trade, and continues to pursue excellence in his vocation while writing steampunk-themed science fiction about his favorite authors and literary characters. He became a proud American citizen on September 19th, 2012.
John's first book, "The Tripods Attack," was published by Sophia Press in March 2008. Part of a trilogy titled "The Young Chesterton Chronicles," the second volume, "The Emperor of North America," is now available from Bezalel Books. His novel for the 9-12 year old Market, "The King's Gambit", was published by Hillside in October of 2013. He is currently at work on the final volume of the YCC, "Where the Red Sands Fly."
John loves loaded pizzas, meaty lasagnas, killing 3-5 hours at a stretch at his local Barnes & Noble on the weekend and seeing fan art based on his works. He hates broccoli. Hates it. Still.
