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The Calm Act #2
Project Reunion
A Bold Plan to Save a Dying City
New York City is a lost cause. When Ebola broke out, the Calm Act prescription was to wall off the city with armed borders. Otherwise contagious refugees would flood out and take the whole Northeast down along with it. The survivors outside, struggling to make ends meet in a chaotic climate and collapsed economy, are grateful. But they feel guilty as sin. New York weighs heavily on the regional conscience.
At the conclusion of End Game, Dee Baker and her partner Emmett MacLaren were invited to present at a military conference on the problem. Dee leads the Amenac Internet empire, bypassing the Calm Act's censorship to empower survivors to self-organize and help themselves. Emmett is a martial law governor anointed within the Calm Act to lead and rebuild their county. The rule-breaker and the rule-maker could prove a dynamic partnership - or be torn apart.
Now that the crops are harvested from the first year under the Calm Act, can the Northeast afford to save New York? Or is it even safe to try, with another state beyond their borders preparing for war?
Project Reunion is the sequel to End Game, book 2 in the Calm Act series.
New York City is a lost cause. When Ebola broke out, the Calm Act prescription was to wall off the city with armed borders. Otherwise contagious refugees would flood out and take the whole Northeast down along with it. The survivors outside, struggling to make ends meet in a chaotic climate and collapsed economy, are grateful. But they feel guilty as sin. New York weighs heavily on the regional conscience.
At the conclusion of End Game, Dee Baker and her partner Emmett MacLaren were invited to present at a military conference on the problem. Dee leads the Amenac Internet empire, bypassing the Calm Act's censorship to empower survivors to self-organize and help themselves. Emmett is a martial law governor anointed within the Calm Act to lead and rebuild their county. The rule-breaker and the rule-maker could prove a dynamic partnership - or be torn apart.
Now that the crops are harvested from the first year under the Calm Act, can the Northeast afford to save New York? Or is it even safe to try, with another state beyond their borders preparing for war?
Project Reunion is the sequel to End Game, book 2 in the Calm Act series.
- GenresDystopia
354 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 8, 2016
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Ginger Booth
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After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
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April 10, 2017
Having today finished AND bought the next in the series, Martial Lawless, probably says it all. So now I can criticize!
Having read all my life, and at 75 that's FAR too long, I've read nearly every bit of crap out there. I've read many Classics (until you've read some you aren't a reader), thrillers, detectives (incl. Sherlock, though not for 50 years), sci-fi, some fantasy; but refuse to now; chic-lits (at least a season); not to mention tomes on archaeology and pre-history.
I discovered some time ago that I prefer real life; no goblins and where-are-they-wolves etc. Also I like books that can actually happen more-or-less-today. Although I don't favour sci-fi that much, I find one must put up with a certain lack of science; as in, ignore Einstein for example, but not by too much..
Ginger writes of a very possible future for a US area she is familiar with. I like it because she doesn't make up the impossible: It could happen, and this is how.
For me realism is important. I find this series very interesting, moreover written very much from the female point of view.. All these weepy guys; not sure your average marine does much of that...
Having read all my life, and at 75 that's FAR too long, I've read nearly every bit of crap out there. I've read many Classics (until you've read some you aren't a reader), thrillers, detectives (incl. Sherlock, though not for 50 years), sci-fi, some fantasy; but refuse to now; chic-lits (at least a season); not to mention tomes on archaeology and pre-history.
I discovered some time ago that I prefer real life; no goblins and where-are-they-wolves etc. Also I like books that can actually happen more-or-less-today. Although I don't favour sci-fi that much, I find one must put up with a certain lack of science; as in, ignore Einstein for example, but not by too much..
Ginger writes of a very possible future for a US area she is familiar with. I like it because she doesn't make up the impossible: It could happen, and this is how.
For me realism is important. I find this series very interesting, moreover written very much from the female point of view.. All these weepy guys; not sure your average marine does much of that...
March 11, 2018
Universe is scary, but the people are WONDERFUL
We very well may be on the way to the climate & weather patterns described in The Calm Act books. If we are, God grant us people with the heart, courage, intelligence and integrity shown by the characters in this universe.
We very well may be on the way to the climate & weather patterns described in The Calm Act books. If we are, God grant us people with the heart, courage, intelligence and integrity shown by the characters in this universe.
August 19, 2024
I got this ebook as books 1, 2, and 3 all in the same book and it wasn't very clear where one book ended and the next one began. But that's more of a problem with the publisher I guess. This is where Dee gives Emmett (her 3rd love interest) the idea that they should try to save the people in New York from ebola. I don't remember if this is the book where they discover Dee develops more of a personality in this book, which is mostly great but she refuses to marry Emmett without really explaining why, which makes Emmett sad. Does marriage even mean anything in this new society? I mean, money is backed by food instead of gold now. Which when I think about it I don't understand is it by weight or calories? Is meat worth more than cabbage? How did they decide this? Dee and Emmett have plenty of food and money so they don't think about it very much.
July 11, 2019
Really interesting story
Really interesting story about the end of the world as we know it. The concept is truly frightening as one can actually see the totally self absorbed political hacks engineering such a horrendous way to control population.
Really interesting story about the end of the world as we know it. The concept is truly frightening as one can actually see the totally self absorbed political hacks engineering such a horrendous way to control population.
March 10, 2024
This author- just, wow! How she can write such intricate stories in such fast-paced books is nothing less than remarkable. After a couple of sad romances in book 1, the FMC has finally found a solid, loving partner. Also, he's still alive lol.
June 6, 2018
Good book
Read all of the books in order to really enjoy. Characters are realistic and get better and better. Storyline continues to grow and develop.
Read all of the books in order to really enjoy. Characters are realistic and get better and better. Storyline continues to grow and develop.
December 2, 2018
Thought provoking!
Again, how would I act under these circumstances? I sincerely hope I never have to make the decisions Dee and Emmet make. Am I strong enough to survive?
Again, how would I act under these circumstances? I sincerely hope I never have to make the decisions Dee and Emmet make. Am I strong enough to survive?
November 26, 2025
3.5 stars
December 10, 2016
This is the 2nd novel of Ginger Booth’s “Calm Act Series.” I’ve also read the 1st and 3rd editions of the series and suggest that you read all of them and in order. While each novel stands alone, the real power of this comes from the full story.
Here’s the summary: global warming and the resultant change in our climate in the near future have spun out of control. The weather is dangerous and unpredictable. Governments have come up with a number of approaches to minimize the damage and/or to ensure the survival of the species. Not all people agree how this should be done, and even the United States in poised to break up in to a number of separate nation states.
Our heroine from book one, Dee Baker, and her partner, Emmett MacLaren, couldn’t be more different. She’s a bit of a hippie chick (well, back to nature anyhow) and a website developer that is comfortable rubbing shoulders with anarchist hackers and anti-censorship warriors. Emmett is a graduate of West Point and is a man picked for advancement by the still surprisingly intact US Army. Somehow, they have formed a partnership in life and love that had led them to share a bed and a dangerous mission to rescue the survivors of ebola wracked New York City.
In book one, we saw how community action came together to save the people of people of New York. In book two, we begin to see the bigger picture as the former institutions of the United States begin to work together to provide security to a greater number of citizens.
This is a terrific book and it provides needed background to understand everything that’s going on. I rated it slightly less interesting than book one and book three, as we hear more and see less of the dramatic developments. Still, this is a fabulous book and everyone should read and absord what this promising author has to say.
Here’s the summary: global warming and the resultant change in our climate in the near future have spun out of control. The weather is dangerous and unpredictable. Governments have come up with a number of approaches to minimize the damage and/or to ensure the survival of the species. Not all people agree how this should be done, and even the United States in poised to break up in to a number of separate nation states.
Our heroine from book one, Dee Baker, and her partner, Emmett MacLaren, couldn’t be more different. She’s a bit of a hippie chick (well, back to nature anyhow) and a website developer that is comfortable rubbing shoulders with anarchist hackers and anti-censorship warriors. Emmett is a graduate of West Point and is a man picked for advancement by the still surprisingly intact US Army. Somehow, they have formed a partnership in life and love that had led them to share a bed and a dangerous mission to rescue the survivors of ebola wracked New York City.
In book one, we saw how community action came together to save the people of people of New York. In book two, we begin to see the bigger picture as the former institutions of the United States begin to work together to provide security to a greater number of citizens.
This is a terrific book and it provides needed background to understand everything that’s going on. I rated it slightly less interesting than book one and book three, as we hear more and see less of the dramatic developments. Still, this is a fabulous book and everyone should read and absord what this promising author has to say.
November 28, 2016
Project reunion is the second full length novel in Ginger Booth’s Calm Series. There are also two lead-in short stories. This book does not really work if you have not read End Game first. So we have Dee, our heroine of the series, anti-establishment, green-fingers, web activist, co-founder of the anarchic AMENAC web-site that is the only provider of true (ish) and accurate information on the internet. Then you have her boyfriend, Army Major, West Point trained, strict military, by the rules. Except the rules are wrong, New York is dying, millions will die unless they help. They can’t do it alone, but how can Dee get a bunch of left-wing anarchist work alongside the US Army? Guess you are going to have to read the book to find out! This is not a thriller or a horror or even a romance, though there is some horror, some romance. For me, this was a tale of how a bunch of very different people come together to work on a major, impossible project, and the interactions of all the characters. I loved it, but then I am hooked on this series, and about to read the third book now.
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