{"product_id":"the-last-president-isbn-9780425256466","title":"The Last President","description":"For more than a year, Heather O’Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut other forces are rising too—forces that like the new life better...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a devastated, splintered, postapocalyptic United States, with technology thrown back to biplanes, black powder, and steam trains, a tiny band of visionaries struggles to re-create Constitutional government and civilization itself, as a new Dark Age takes shape around them.\u003cbr\u003e “[A] stunning premise.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDirective 51\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaybreak Zero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[A] thinking person’s techno-thriller.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eS. M. Stirling, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Ambitious in scope.”—\u003ci\u003eFresh Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for John Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A master of the genre.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eArthur C. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Welcome this writer to the front ranks of contemporary science fiction.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Barnes \u003c\/b\u003eis a multiple Hugo and Nebula award nominee. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDirective 51\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaybreak Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last President\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Return \u003c\/i\u003ewith Buzz Aldrin.","brand":"Ace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301754458341,"sku":"NP9780425256466","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425256466.jpg?v=1767740152","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-last-president-isbn-9780425256466","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}