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Kelly Turnbull #8
Overlord
Kelly Turnbull is back in his eighth People’s Republic adventure, and this time everything is on the line for him and for Red America. A rogue general who wants Kelly in a grave has escaped into Blue America to execute a treacherous plan that will get him the revenge and the power he seeks. But Kelly Turnbull – and his loyal dog Gibson – are coming for payback, and they are bringing hellfire (and a lot of guns) with them.From the jungles of West Africa to post-Second British Civil War London, from a desperate fight on a New Orleans causeway to riding the Underground Railroad backwards into the People’s Republic, and through a bloody rescue mission during a full-scale invasion of the island of Manhattan, Overlord delivers the action and the humor that People’s Republic readers demand.
408 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2023
About the author
Kurt Schlichter
27 books321 followersKurt Schlichter is a trial lawyer, and a retired Army infantry colonel with a degree from the Army War College who writes twice a week as a Senior Columnist for Townhall.com. His new novel "People's Republic" is now available!
Kurt was personally recruited by Andrew Breitbart in 2009 to write for Big Hollywood. He is often on the air as a news source, an on-screen commentator, and as a guest on nationally syndicated radio programs discussing political, military and legal issues, including Fox News, HLN, CNN (Well, maybe not anymore), the Hugh Hewitt Show, the Dennis Miller Show, Geraldo, the Greg Garrison Show, the John Phillips Show, the Tony Katz Radio Spectacular, PJTV's The Conversation, The Delivery with Jimmie Bise, Jr., the Snark Factor, and WMAL's Mornings on the Mall with Larry O'Connor, among others.
He appears weekly on the Cam and Company Show with his own brand of caring conservative cultural commentary.
His previous book "Conservative Insurgency: The Struggle to Take America Back 2009-2041" was released in 2014 from Post Tree Press
As a stand-up comic for several years, he has gathered a large and devoted following in the world of social media for his amusing and often biting conservative commentary. He is an active user of Twitter (@KurtSchlichter) with over 71,000 followers, which led to his #1 selling Amazon "Political Humor" ebooks "I Am a Conservative: Uncensored, Undiluted and Absolutely Un-PC," "I Am a Liberal: A Conservative's Guide to Dealing With Nature's Most Irritating Mistake," "Fetch My Latte: Sharing Feelings With Stupid People," and "50 Shades of Liberal."
Kurt is also a successful trial lawyer based in the Los Angeles area representing companies and individuals in matters ranging from routine business cases to confidential Hollywood and entertainment industry disputes and transactions. A member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which recognizes attorneys who have won verdicts in excess of $1 million, his litigation strategy and legal analysis articles regularly run in such legal publications such as the Los Angeles Daily Journal and California Lawyer.
Kurt is a 1994 graduate of Loyola Law School, where he was a law review editor. He majored in Communications and Political Science as an undergraduate at the University of California, San Diego, where he also edited the conservative student paper California Review while writing a regular column in the student humor paper the Koala. He also drank a lot of Coors.
Kurt rose to the rank of Army infantry colonel on active duty and in the California Army National Guard. He wears the silver "jump wings" of a qualified paratrooper and commanded the elite 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment. A veteran of both the Persian Gulf War and Operation Enduring Freedom (Kosovo), as well as the Los Angeles riots, the Northridge earthquake and the 2007 San Diego fires mobilizations, he is a graduate of the Army's Combined Arms Staff Service School, the Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College, where he received a master of Strategic Studies degree.
He loves military history, red meat and the Second Amendment. His favorite caliber is .45.
Kurt was personally recruited by Andrew Breitbart in 2009 to write for Big Hollywood. He is often on the air as a news source, an on-screen commentator, and as a guest on nationally syndicated radio programs discussing political, military and legal issues, including Fox News, HLN, CNN (Well, maybe not anymore), the Hugh Hewitt Show, the Dennis Miller Show, Geraldo, the Greg Garrison Show, the John Phillips Show, the Tony Katz Radio Spectacular, PJTV's The Conversation, The Delivery with Jimmie Bise, Jr., the Snark Factor, and WMAL's Mornings on the Mall with Larry O'Connor, among others.
He appears weekly on the Cam and Company Show with his own brand of caring conservative cultural commentary.
His previous book "Conservative Insurgency: The Struggle to Take America Back 2009-2041" was released in 2014 from Post Tree Press
As a stand-up comic for several years, he has gathered a large and devoted following in the world of social media for his amusing and often biting conservative commentary. He is an active user of Twitter (@KurtSchlichter) with over 71,000 followers, which led to his #1 selling Amazon "Political Humor" ebooks "I Am a Conservative: Uncensored, Undiluted and Absolutely Un-PC," "I Am a Liberal: A Conservative's Guide to Dealing With Nature's Most Irritating Mistake," "Fetch My Latte: Sharing Feelings With Stupid People," and "50 Shades of Liberal."
Kurt is also a successful trial lawyer based in the Los Angeles area representing companies and individuals in matters ranging from routine business cases to confidential Hollywood and entertainment industry disputes and transactions. A member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which recognizes attorneys who have won verdicts in excess of $1 million, his litigation strategy and legal analysis articles regularly run in such legal publications such as the Los Angeles Daily Journal and California Lawyer.
Kurt is a 1994 graduate of Loyola Law School, where he was a law review editor. He majored in Communications and Political Science as an undergraduate at the University of California, San Diego, where he also edited the conservative student paper California Review while writing a regular column in the student humor paper the Koala. He also drank a lot of Coors.
Kurt rose to the rank of Army infantry colonel on active duty and in the California Army National Guard. He wears the silver "jump wings" of a qualified paratrooper and commanded the elite 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment. A veteran of both the Persian Gulf War and Operation Enduring Freedom (Kosovo), as well as the Los Angeles riots, the Northridge earthquake and the 2007 San Diego fires mobilizations, he is a graduate of the Army's Combined Arms Staff Service School, the Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College, where he received a master of Strategic Studies degree.
He loves military history, red meat and the Second Amendment. His favorite caliber is .45.
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December 11, 2023
This is one of the better books in the Kelly Turnbull series, maybe tied for the best.
It is a mil-fic thriller with nonstop action and a good plot and characters. The ending is more satisfying than many of the other books in the series. The scenes are crafted as if Schlichter had an eye out for a future movie deal. He certainly knows that Hollywood would never greenlight a Kelly Turnbull film, but I suppose hope springs eternal for an indie breakthrough hit like Sound of Freedom.
Where Schlichter really shines is in his snarky humor, which is even more nonstop than the action. Some of the best examples are subtle. One of the innumerable feuding leftist factions uses the acronym POUM, a sly reference to the Spanish Civil War. A leggy steakhouse greeter sports a name tag reading “Coulter”. Another character is described with the line, “She was wearing black eyeliner and looked like a Cure fan who had eaten several other Cure fans”.
This rates 4 stars as a mil-fic thriller and 5 stars for politically incorrect humor.
It is a mil-fic thriller with nonstop action and a good plot and characters. The ending is more satisfying than many of the other books in the series. The scenes are crafted as if Schlichter had an eye out for a future movie deal. He certainly knows that Hollywood would never greenlight a Kelly Turnbull film, but I suppose hope springs eternal for an indie breakthrough hit like Sound of Freedom.
Where Schlichter really shines is in his snarky humor, which is even more nonstop than the action. Some of the best examples are subtle. One of the innumerable feuding leftist factions uses the acronym POUM, a sly reference to the Spanish Civil War. A leggy steakhouse greeter sports a name tag reading “Coulter”. Another character is described with the line, “She was wearing black eyeliner and looked like a Cure fan who had eaten several other Cure fans”.
This rates 4 stars as a mil-fic thriller and 5 stars for politically incorrect humor.
October 8, 2023
fun pulp action fun
The Kelly Turnball books are solid pulp fun action. This time with a dog. Every good book should have a dog. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
The Kelly Turnball books are solid pulp fun action. This time with a dog. Every good book should have a dog. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
July 31, 2024
This series is probably one of my favorite, you have to be in the political side of things to really enjoy it though. However the action is packed enough in each sequence make up for a lot you might not get as a average Non-Politico.
Kelly Turnbull is the most traditional action type hero you can get, something when the Good guys and bad guys used to mean in yesteryear. From political intrigue to funny one liners, the Kelly Turnbull series makes it all worth it. The world is insane and over the top, yet I feel like this is slowly becoming a normal reality in America.
Kurt Schlichter happens to keep this universe and its main Characters like Deeds and Casey entertaining enough to keep the wheels on this bus moving. Even small and minor side characters, (who later might or might not become cannon fodder), are in their own way just plain fascinating to see interact with Turnbull.
In the end, problems can be solved when you just shoot the evil.
Great read, loved it, plain entertaining, don't take yourself too seriously. ALSO I hope this series doesn't become prophetic for America.
Kelly Turnbull is the most traditional action type hero you can get, something when the Good guys and bad guys used to mean in yesteryear. From political intrigue to funny one liners, the Kelly Turnbull series makes it all worth it. The world is insane and over the top, yet I feel like this is slowly becoming a normal reality in America.
Kurt Schlichter happens to keep this universe and its main Characters like Deeds and Casey entertaining enough to keep the wheels on this bus moving. Even small and minor side characters, (who later might or might not become cannon fodder), are in their own way just plain fascinating to see interact with Turnbull.
In the end, problems can be solved when you just shoot the evil.
Great read, loved it, plain entertaining, don't take yourself too seriously. ALSO I hope this series doesn't become prophetic for America.
February 25, 2025
At this point, my review of all these books is the same. Schlichter has found his formula. The parody of a left-right American split and what happens after is excellent. He writes action well and his plots are pretty good. The fake coup leading to a schemed reunification of red and blue America in this book was unique. His parody of woke activity militants was actually pretty hysterical, right down the giraffe fur-sona that Turnbull recruited as a member of his team to infiltrate Manhatten.
For me personally, his highly technical descriptions of weaponry and cars and machinery doesn't really do it for me (I say this every time) but I'm sure most of his audience appreciates them. Overall, solid fun entry, that does drag on a little long, but an enjoyable "popcorn" book none the less.
For me personally, his highly technical descriptions of weaponry and cars and machinery doesn't really do it for me (I say this every time) but I'm sure most of his audience appreciates them. Overall, solid fun entry, that does drag on a little long, but an enjoyable "popcorn" book none the less.
July 26, 2025
Excellent Series
When I started reading this series I was immediately drawn into it. My wife couldn't believe that how much time I spent reading. I'm more of a video watching person, not a book reader. But once I started reading about our country splitting in two I couldn't stop reading. Kelly Turnbull is a believable character, as are the surrounding players.
If you are interested in a probable future of the United States, and you're concerned about its outcome, this series is for you. Just know it's difficult to put down once you get started.
I definitely recommend this series! I truly enjoyed it and I'm sure you will too.
When I started reading this series I was immediately drawn into it. My wife couldn't believe that how much time I spent reading. I'm more of a video watching person, not a book reader. But once I started reading about our country splitting in two I couldn't stop reading. Kelly Turnbull is a believable character, as are the surrounding players.
If you are interested in a probable future of the United States, and you're concerned about its outcome, this series is for you. Just know it's difficult to put down once you get started.
I definitely recommend this series! I truly enjoyed it and I'm sure you will too.
January 25, 2024
The best!
This is the best of the whole series. Drama, laughs, ridicule about the blues growing destructive craziness and the frightening monsters it produces. Then there's the satisfying gunplay and war strategies whirling around increasingly well drawn characters, some of them so poisonous that they're hard to take. All of this is countered by the humour about the wokeist naming of everything under the sun. It's hard to stop laughing at this at times. It's an absolutely gripping read to the final page.
This is the best of the whole series. Drama, laughs, ridicule about the blues growing destructive craziness and the frightening monsters it produces. Then there's the satisfying gunplay and war strategies whirling around increasingly well drawn characters, some of them so poisonous that they're hard to take. All of this is countered by the humour about the wokeist naming of everything under the sun. It's hard to stop laughing at this at times. It's an absolutely gripping read to the final page.
April 19, 2024
This is a continuation of excellence in a fiction series (Bordering on soon to be reality). The author points out the disgusting abuse of and disregard for the Constitution the politicians are sworn to uphold. This is what the Country will look like as we slide down the drain into a totally corrupt and power-hungry cesspool of politicians who hate us. This series is a must read for people who love this Country and want to be prepared. This and anything written by KS is worth buying and reading.
I can't wait for the next book in this series and any other books by Kurt.
I can't wait for the next book in this series and any other books by Kurt.
October 27, 2024
Solid entry in the series
If Tom Clancy thrillers were crossed with 1984, and sprinkled with top kek, it would be this series.
Queer to be writing this from an account stricken by some cancel-gnome at Amazon. Who'd have thought we'd be living in a neo-fascist state in the US with huge businesses like Amazon colluding with the State to silence Americans.
Sure hope these thrillers do not get less fictional next year.
If Tom Clancy thrillers were crossed with 1984, and sprinkled with top kek, it would be this series.
Queer to be writing this from an account stricken by some cancel-gnome at Amazon. Who'd have thought we'd be living in a neo-fascist state in the US with huge businesses like Amazon colluding with the State to silence Americans.
Sure hope these thrillers do not get less fictional next year.
October 13, 2025
The Violence is Amazing as is the Detail
Another very violent tale, loaded with detail. The cynical outlook of the power brokers is sickening … and appears very true to life. The question of the balance between privileges and responsibilities for citizens and for residents remains unanswered: Robert Heinlein’s answer in Starship Troopers won’t work in the limited government of the Kurt Schlicter’s Red USA.
Another very violent tale, loaded with detail. The cynical outlook of the power brokers is sickening … and appears very true to life. The question of the balance between privileges and responsibilities for citizens and for residents remains unanswered: Robert Heinlein’s answer in Starship Troopers won’t work in the limited government of the Kurt Schlicter’s Red USA.
November 5, 2023
Congratulations Colonel!
Congratulations on another amazing look into your crystal ball. While I hope our country doesn’t come to this level of crazy it’s great to read your thoughts and enormous amounts of sarcastic humor towards the woke folk! Thanks for your hard work and I will be looking forward to the next installment!
Congratulations on another amazing look into your crystal ball. While I hope our country doesn’t come to this level of crazy it’s great to read your thoughts and enormous amounts of sarcastic humor towards the woke folk! Thanks for your hard work and I will be looking forward to the next installment!
November 13, 2023
Schlichter does a great job
Kurt Schleicher does a great job spinning a yarn. While it may be worrisome, it unfortunately seems like a vision of the future. Hopefully he's wrong, but in the meantime it's a fun story! Keep up the storytelling. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
Kurt Schleicher does a great job spinning a yarn. While it may be worrisome, it unfortunately seems like a vision of the future. Hopefully he's wrong, but in the meantime it's a fun story! Keep up the storytelling. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
October 6, 2023
It's good old fashioned Kelly Turnbull
The stereotypes almost overtake the novel, almost. However, Schlichter is right on the money on the divide we have come to in this country and the growing inability together. It's rather pessimistic for him, but then again, so am I.
The stereotypes almost overtake the novel, almost. However, Schlichter is right on the money on the divide we have come to in this country and the growing inability together. It's rather pessimistic for him, but then again, so am I.
November 23, 2023
as usual Kelly wins the day
Love the descriptions of the destructive changes the blues made to our country and worry that much of what he writes about may come true. God bless America!
Love the descriptions of the destructive changes the blues made to our country and worry that much of what he writes about may come true. God bless America!
January 29, 2024
Frightening possibility
Many segments of the story ring true for current social events unfolding in today's society. The only thing that keeps our Republic in tact is that good people will do bad things to ensure it survives and God bless them.
Many segments of the story ring true for current social events unfolding in today's society. The only thing that keeps our Republic in tact is that good people will do bad things to ensure it survives and God bless them.
December 20, 2024
thanks Kurt
I will be really bummed when you are done writing this series. Big thrill that Turnbull’s wife-to-be gave him a version of my EDC as a “wedding pistol”. I have a crush on Lorna.
I will be really bummed when you are done writing this series. Big thrill that Turnbull’s wife-to-be gave him a version of my EDC as a “wedding pistol”. I have a crush on Lorna.
December 22, 2024
Cliffhanger like always!!!
Can't wait for number 9. I love all the anti-woke dialog and how Kurt keeps it current. Maybe with a 2nd Trump presidency he'll kill wokeism as dead as Kelly does. Thanks for another great ride!!!
Can't wait for number 9. I love all the anti-woke dialog and how Kurt keeps it current. Maybe with a 2nd Trump presidency he'll kill wokeism as dead as Kelly does. Thanks for another great ride!!!
April 22, 2025
awesome action
Kelly Turnbull I a man of few words and brutal action! I love the whole series of Kurt’s unabashedly brutal and conservative super hero! A John Wayne of our time who doesn’t take s*** off of anyone!
Kelly Turnbull I a man of few words and brutal action! I love the whole series of Kurt’s unabashedly brutal and conservative super hero! A John Wayne of our time who doesn’t take s*** off of anyone!
October 4, 2023
Always entertaining and almost impossible to put down.
October 4, 2023
2nd best of the 8 books in the Kelly Yurnbull series
October 8, 2023
Exciting read
Fast paced. Having read all the others it was predictable. Good diversion. I would rate this one lower than the others.
Fast paced. Having read all the others it was predictable. Good diversion. I would rate this one lower than the others.
November 27, 2023
best one yet
I have read them all and enjoyed every book in the series but this one is the best. Keep it up. Thanks.
Tim Kling
I have read them all and enjoyed every book in the series but this one is the best. Keep it up. Thanks.
Tim Kling
December 7, 2023
If you like Kelly Turnbull novels, you will like this one.
A lot.
A lot.
December 19, 2023
Turnbull delivers again
Great development to the series and leads to some interesting future story lines.
A must have for the series and Kurt Schlicter fans.
Great development to the series and leads to some interesting future story lines.
A must have for the series and Kurt Schlicter fans.
December 23, 2023
Ripped from the headlines?
This is way too close to the truth, and I really hope we put a stop to it before it gets to this… Level.
This is way too close to the truth, and I really hope we put a stop to it before it gets to this… Level.
December 30, 2023
Military thriller
This was a good addition to the Kelly Turnbull series. I wonder what will happen in the next book. I think Gibson made a great partner for Kelly.
This was a good addition to the Kelly Turnbull series. I wonder what will happen in the next book. I think Gibson made a great partner for Kelly.
January 1, 2024
In the 8th Kelly Thornbull novel Kurt Schlichter again gives a look at what things may be. Enjoyed it!
January 17, 2024
Good Book-Don’t Let It Come To This
Nails the woke nonsense and knows weapons and tactics. Appreciates the .45 properly. And the 16 inch naval gun. Don’t let this happen!
Nails the woke nonsense and knows weapons and tactics. Appreciates the .45 properly. And the 16 inch naval gun. Don’t let this happen!
February 22, 2024
4.25 / 5
February 26, 2024
Another classic Turnbull
February 28, 2024
Overlord
Once again, a great read from Kurt. His portrayal of the PR seems to be more and more familiar every day.
Once again, a great read from Kurt. His portrayal of the PR seems to be more and more familiar every day.
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