Danger, action, and passion collide in this mainstream thriller about the U.S. in its worst political-military crisis since the Civil War. Premise: A Second Constitutional Convention. Article V is a ticking time bomb in the U.S. Constitution, and now is the day of reckoning. As the nation's fate hangs in the balance, young Army officers David Gordon and Victoria "Tory" Breen must outwit the sinister Generals of October and also resolve a terrible secret from her past.
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John T. Cullen (www.johntcullen.com) is a best-selling author of nonfiction books on history and science, including A Walk in Ancient Rome, Revised Second Edition, and Dead Move: Kate Morgan and the Haunting Mystery of Coronado. He also writes thrillers, science fiction, historical fiction, and dark fantasy. He is the first person in history to decipher and explain the enigma of the ancient Roman Sator Square, and has written about other long-standing true historical mysteries.
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John T. Cullen (website: http://www.johntcullen.com/), an author and Internet pioneer, as early as 1996-1997 became the first person in history to publish entire novels online, in weekly serial chapters.
He is an acclaimed author of fiction--e.g., The Christmas Clock, praised in a 2009 fan mail from Ray Bradbury--and nonfiction--e.g., A Walk in Ancient Rome, Revised 2nd Edition, Clocktower Books, 2011; acclaimed, before its release, by academic experts and bestselling authors.
Other acclaimed books include Lantern Road (SF; praised by critics including Tim Pratt at Locus Online and media critic John K . Muir) and A Walk in Ancient Rome, Revised Second Edition (praised by Harry Turtledove and a growing chorus of academic subject matter experts and best-selling authors of ancient Rome-related fiction).
John T. Cullen's Nonfiction/History articles have been Top 10 bestsellers in their category at Fictionwise.com, without interruption, since 2002.
John T. Cullen is recognized as an early Internet innovator. An article about his ground-breaking digital publishing house (Clocktower Fiction, now Clocktower Books) appeared in 1998 on Encyclopedia Britannica's digital edition, britannica.com.
A forthcoming book about the early days of online publishing (especially magazines of speculative fiction), from a British university press, will feature the author as an Internet innovator.
He was the first author/publisher in history to publish entire, full-length novels on line. He did this with his pioneering websites, including the early Clocktower Fiction, 1996-1997. The two first novels published in their entirety online, in weekly serial chapters over an 18 month period, were Neon Blue (Suspense) and Heartbreaker (now titled This Shoal of Space). Heartbreaker (This Shoal of Space), conceived starting 1982, and written in 1990, was one of the world's first Virtual Reality novels, predating the more recent classics of the subgenre The Matrix and Dark City.
John T. Cullen was, for nearly a decade, the publisher of Far Sector SFFH, an acclaimed online magazine that was, for a number of years, the world's oldest professional, digital-only magazine of speculative fiction. He was also the creator of Sharpwriter.com, rated 'one of the Web's 101 best resources for writers' by Writer's Digest in 1999.
John T. Cullen is an intellectual explorer who has successfully tackled several world-famous mysteries. These include the ancient Roman Sator Square, an enigmatic, important epigram found in military headquarters and public spaces across the Romen Empire. Cullen's Sator solution--the world's first plausible translation and explanation, after centuries during which this enigma defied explanation--is prominently featured in a History Channel series (Secrets of Christianity, Canadian version Decoding the
Ancients), and in a paper recently published through various digital outlets.
John T. Cullen's scholarly researches also include the 1892 cold case of a woman remembered as Kate Morgan. Cullen showed in two books (Dead Move, nonfiction, scholarly analysis; and Lethal Journey, fiction/noirish period thriller) that the dead woman was a beautiful and tragic young woman named Elizabeth Wyllie. Lizzie was the real victim of Kate Morgan, dark and ruthless organizer of a blackmail plot against fabulously wealthy and powerful John D. Spreckels, who at that moment was visiting President Benjamin Harrison in the White House. The Beautiful Stranger's violent death is said to have made her the ghost of the famous Hotel del Coronado near San Diego. Cullen's astonishing revelations show that truth is, as always, far stranger than legend.
John T. Cullen holds a B.A. in English (University of Connecticut, Storrs); a B.B.A. in Computer Info Systems (National University); and an M.S. in Business Administration (Boston University). He has traveled extensively, is conversant in several languages, and has lived and worked in various parts of Europe and North America. He lives with his wife, son, and cat in Southern California.
He is an acclaimed author of fiction--e.g., The Christmas Clock, praised in a 2009 fan mail from Ray Bradbury--and nonfiction--e.g., A Walk in Ancient Rome, Revised 2nd Edition, Clocktower Books, 2011; acclaimed, before its release, by academic experts and bestselling authors.
Other acclaimed books include Lantern Road (SF; praised by critics including Tim Pratt at Locus Online and media critic John K . Muir) and A Walk in Ancient Rome, Revised Second Edition (praised by Harry Turtledove and a growing chorus of academic subject matter experts and best-selling authors of ancient Rome-related fiction).
John T. Cullen's Nonfiction/History articles have been Top 10 bestsellers in their category at Fictionwise.com, without interruption, since 2002.
John T. Cullen is recognized as an early Internet innovator. An article about his ground-breaking digital publishing house (Clocktower Fiction, now Clocktower Books) appeared in 1998 on Encyclopedia Britannica's digital edition, britannica.com.
A forthcoming book about the early days of online publishing (especially magazines of speculative fiction), from a British university press, will feature the author as an Internet innovator.
He was the first author/publisher in history to publish entire, full-length novels on line. He did this with his pioneering websites, including the early Clocktower Fiction, 1996-1997. The two first novels published in their entirety online, in weekly serial chapters over an 18 month period, were Neon Blue (Suspense) and Heartbreaker (now titled This Shoal of Space). Heartbreaker (This Shoal of Space), conceived starting 1982, and written in 1990, was one of the world's first Virtual Reality novels, predating the more recent classics of the subgenre The Matrix and Dark City.
John T. Cullen was, for nearly a decade, the publisher of Far Sector SFFH, an acclaimed online magazine that was, for a number of years, the world's oldest professional, digital-only magazine of speculative fiction. He was also the creator of Sharpwriter.com, rated 'one of the Web's 101 best resources for writers' by Writer's Digest in 1999.
John T. Cullen is an intellectual explorer who has successfully tackled several world-famous mysteries. These include the ancient Roman Sator Square, an enigmatic, important epigram found in military headquarters and public spaces across the Romen Empire. Cullen's Sator solution--the world's first plausible translation and explanation, after centuries during which this enigma defied explanation--is prominently featured in a History Channel series (Secrets of Christianity, Canadian version Decoding the
Ancients), and in a paper recently published through various digital outlets.
John T. Cullen's scholarly researches also include the 1892 cold case of a woman remembered as Kate Morgan. Cullen showed in two books (Dead Move, nonfiction, scholarly analysis; and Lethal Journey, fiction/noirish period thriller) that the dead woman was a beautiful and tragic young woman named Elizabeth Wyllie. Lizzie was the real victim of Kate Morgan, dark and ruthless organizer of a blackmail plot against fabulously wealthy and powerful John D. Spreckels, who at that moment was visiting President Benjamin Harrison in the White House. The Beautiful Stranger's violent death is said to have made her the ghost of the famous Hotel del Coronado near San Diego. Cullen's astonishing revelations show that truth is, as always, far stranger than legend.
John T. Cullen holds a B.A. in English (University of Connecticut, Storrs); a B.B.A. in Computer Info Systems (National University); and an M.S. in Business Administration (Boston University). He has traveled extensively, is conversant in several languages, and has lived and worked in various parts of Europe and North America. He lives with his wife, son, and cat in Southern California.
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When I first read this book, in manuscript about three years ago, I was impressed by the writing, which even for John is superior. And I've been familiar with his work for a quarter of a century. Being a writer myself (search me on Amazon) I was impressed with his grasp both of geopolitics and the military establishment. Of course, John is a former military man in addition to being passionate about politics and where this country is heading. GENERALS sprung from his mind even before the current administration took control, and it really is kind of eerie how well his future dovetails with current events. For everyone's sake, we better hope that the future he depicts in THE GENERALS OF OCTOBER doesn't come to pass. But I'm still glad he wrote about it, because I dearly love a good thriller -- and this is a *very* good thriller.
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Readers of science fiction, romance/mystery novels or military exploits will welcome this addition to their book shelves. In the style of Tom Clancy, Cullen offers a thoughtful storyline that weaves elements of all three genres into a compeling and provocative tale based on the premise of a new constitutional convention, the great and would-be great who seek to subvert it and the very human characters fighting their plot (and, not-inconsequently, finding love in the process). I found it thorougly enjoyable and satisfying; the type of novel that can easily find its way to a screenplay and movie.
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I love a good political thriller, but boy did this one have an eerie feeling of reality to it, given the 2000 election, the Patriot Act and other abuses of the current Administration. But the book really works so beautifully because the author understands how to make the characterizations realistic and true. This is a gripping read, and a wonderful work of speculative fiction that comes a little too close to America's current reality. You'll stay up nights worrying about all this, if you're not careful. I highly recommend this book!
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White House, General Devereaux, Allison Miranda, Atlantic Hotel, General Montclair, Air Force, David Gordon, Van Meeuwen, Colonel Bronf, General Norcross, Lieutenant Breen, Tom Dash, Breaking News, Middle Class Party, Robert Lee Hamilton, Rocky Devereaux, United States, General Billy Norcross, Tabitha Summers, Jamal Mustafa, National Guard, Rock Creek Park, Second Constitutional Convention, Tower One, Captain Gordon New!
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White House, General Devereaux, Allison Miranda, Atlantic Hotel, General Montclair, Air Force, David Gordon, Van Meeuwen, Colonel Bronf, General Norcross, Lieutenant Breen, Tom Dash, Breaking News, Middle Class Party, Robert Lee Hamilton, Rocky Devereaux, United States, General Billy Norcross, Tabitha Summers, Jamal Mustafa, National Guard, Rock Creek Park, Second Constitutional Convention, Tower One, Captain Gordon New!
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- The Air Force (Defending the Nation) by John Hamilton on page 20, page 103, and page 330
- Etruscan Places by D. H. Lawrence on page 40
- The Bill Of Rights (Government in Action!) by John Hamilton on page 220
- Armed Forces (War on Terrorism) by John Hamilton on page 103
- Have Blue by John T. Cullen in Front Matter
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- Lantern Road: 8 by Argo by John Argo in Back Matter
- Neon Blue by John Argo in Back Matter
- Have Blue by John T. Cullen in Back Matter
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