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Blowback

Title:

Blowback

Alternate title:

Blow back : a thriller

Author:

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

DuBois, Brendan, author.

Summary:

US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. When the threat comes directly from the Oval Office, that's where the blowback begins.

General Note:

"An American president goes insane" -- Cover.

Edition:

Large print edition.

First edition.

Physical Description:

680 pages (large print) ; 24 cm

Genre:

Large type books.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Psychological fiction.

Political fiction.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Fiction.

Subject Term:

Presidents -- Fiction.

Intelligence officers -- Fiction.

Psychopaths -- Fiction.

Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction.

Revenge -- Fiction.

Threats -- Fiction.

Loyalty -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- Fiction.

Author(s):

DuBois, Brendan,

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9780316473439

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.

Call Number:

LP PATTERSON

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003638148	Large Print Fiction	PATTERSON James	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

From the New York Times bestselling author of The President Is Missing , America has elected its most brilliant president ever, but he's also a psychopath--and about to start a world war with our most dangerous enemy.

US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences.

Barrett personally orders CIA agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

When the threat comes directly from the Oval Office, that's where the blowback begins.

"Pure Patterson... Blowback asks us to imagine what would happen if a narcissistic psychopath were elected to the White House [and] to experience the terror of the world hanging in the balance at a moment when only a handful of determined patriots can save us." -Ron Charles, Washington Post

Author Notes

Brendan DuBois, Brendan DuBois is a former newspaper reporter who has taken to writing thrilling military/mystery novels. His first novel, entitled "Dead Sand," was published in 1994, followed by the sequel, "Black Tide," in 95 and "Shattered Shell" in 1999. DuBois has had almost 40 short stories included in various magazines including, "Playboy," "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine."

In 1995, DuBois' short story "The Necessary Brother" won the Shamus Award for Best Short Story of the Year from the Private Eye Writers of America. His short stories have been nominated three times for the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writer's of America. In 1997, one of his short stories was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Mystery Short Story of the Year. His stories have appeared in five editions of "The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories," two editions of "The Year's 25 Best Mystery Short Stories" and the 1997 edition of "Best American Mystery Stories." His latest book "Resurrection Day" received the Sidewise Award for best alternative history novel of 1999.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Early in this fast-moving thriller from bestseller Patterson (the Alex Cross series) and DuBois (the Lewis Cole series), President Keegan Barrett, a former CIA director, tells CIA officers Liam Grey and Noa Himel that he's tired of America being "the world's punching bag." He's setting up two CIA teams, one domestic and one foreign, with authorization to "break things, kill bad guys, and bring back our enemies' heads in a cooler." Despite it being illegal for the CIA to operate on American soil, Liam and Noa carry out a series of successful missions on Keegan's behalf. Eventually, the two begin to have doubts about what they're doing, and it becomes clear that Keegan--who has expanded his personal kill list--is sounding more than a little delusional. The president is soon acting totally paranoid, good people start to die, and war with China looms. The authors offer nothing new, but they throw in some historical anecdotes of interest, deliver tense action scenes, and tie up all the loose ends. Those who haven't already encountered the insane president plot will have fun. Agent: Robert Barnett, Williams & Connolly. (Sept.)

Library Journal Review

In Voice of Fear, the latest in Graham's long-running paranormal romantic suspense series, FBI agent Jordan Wallace worries about new partner Patrick's special gift of getting into another's mind--can he read her thoughts?--but must learn to trust him as they hunt for a nasty killer (400,000-copy paperback and 10,000-copy hardcover first printing). In Johansen's Captive, Eve Duncan's daughter, Jane, is happily married to Seth Caleb, but his troubled past means threats from a psychopath. Paradise police chief Jesse Stone returns in Mike Lupica's Untitled new Robert Parker thriller, though what happens next has yet to be revealed. In Maden's Clive Cussler's Hellburner, Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon crew face a particularly violent drug-smuggling criminal syndicate that has been passed down from father to son for generations. In Patterson and Dubois's Blowback, Liam Grey and Noa Himel are upended when President Keegan Barrett orders them to help execute his secret power grab; as CIA special agents, they must follow the president's directives but are sworn to uphold the Constitution. In Turow's Suspect, Clarice "Pinky" Granum--granddaughter of Turow stalwart Sandy Stern--is working second-tier cases as a private investigator and trying to recoup from the mistakes of a mislaid life when she's asked to help Highland Isle police chief Lucia Gomez, who has been accused of soliciting sex from three male police officers in exchange for promotions.