A novel of a modern American coup with action stretching from the American prisons to the Nicaraguan jungle to the Oval Office.
The coup d'etat begins to bubble when an executive contingency plan is leaked that orders officials to "euthanize" prison inmates in the event of a major nuclear, biological, or chemical attack against the U.S. A Leavenworth convict, former Captain Ben Simon, jailed for illegal and covert intrigues in Nicaragua, discovers the contents of the directive. Simon, well trained by the U.S. military in counter-intelligence and propaganda, uses this directive to galvanize the population into a multiple prison breakout followed by inmate staged terrorist attacks. Simon achieves total insurrection when he informs the public of the remainder of the Federal "euthanasia" plan. Inmates were not the only intended targets. Mental patients, premature infants and other "undesirables" were also in line for mercy killing. The coup succeeds and John Cotton is called upon to terminate the leader. As Cotton plots his strategy the story spirals in all directions with dealings, double-dealings and Machiavellian plans gone awry.
Techno thriller fans won't be disappointed by the array of artificial intelligence, electronic warfare and other extremely unorthodox military hardware and tactics. If you want to be thrilled by a savage but credible story of a U.S. insurrection in our time, you've found it with Coup America.