Home Invasion

Black Ops #4

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. HOME OF THE BRAVE.  

THEY WILL INVADE YOUR HOME.
Home, Texas. Two men break into the house of an elderly couple. Guns are fired. Blood is spilled. When one of the intruders sues the victim—and wins—the good people of Home take the law into their own hands. Their battle, though, is just beginning. In a stunning case of backward justice—the U.S. President decides to make the town a test case to strike down the Second Amendment of the U.S. Ban all guns in Home, Texas. And to enforce it, the newly formed national police force is sent in.  
 
THEY WILL TAKE YOUR WEAPONS.
Unarmed. Defenseless. Denied their civil right to bear arms, the citizens of Home are now easy targets for America’s closest enemies—the Mexican drug cartels who spill across the border every day. This time, they’ve set their sights on a secret military arsenal. But they need a base of operations. And there’s no place like Home.
 
BUT THEY WON’T  DESTROY YOUR SPIRIT.
 Police Chief Wade Bonner is one of the few in town permitted to carry a gun. But Bonner knows that his friends and neighbors will never surrender their freedoms—or submit to an outside enemy, no matter how strong or ruthless. Soon they will be put to the test. Because the war is coming home. And Home is fighting back.
 
Live Free. Read Hard.

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Action

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.

Reviews

[Sherry Fundin · Rating 4 out of 5]

When two drug cartel intruders murder McNamara's wife, sue him and win millions, the Home, Texas citizens take the law into their own hands to get justice for one of their own. In this backward justice novel, the left-leaning President has plans to use Home as a test to take down the Second Amendment and more. If the President says it's legal, it's legal. His plans for the country seem impossible, but step by step Homeland Security runs over the rights of the American citizens, accounting to no one. The use of the media makes them as culpable as the rogue government, twisting and turning the truth and outright lying to make it seem as if the town is out of control and needs to be stopped. As martial law is declared, it opens the door for the Mexican drug cartel to come in and try to intercept a military shipment of biological weapons the President has plans to use against his own countrymen.

As I read along, the feelings of anger, outrage and injustice made me wonder how close we are to the President being able to use Homeland Security as his own private army. When people are pushed far enough and evil and injustice are thrown in your face, how long will it be until you fight back? When the media become scavengers feeding off human misery, doing and saying whatever it takes to make a name for themselves, who can you trust to keep you informed? A thought-provoking novel that, hopefully, opens people's minds to the possibilities of corruption of government right here in the good old USA. Home InvasionWilliam W. Johnstone

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you like right wing paranoia propaganda, this is the book for you. It would have been a lot better without all the liberal bashing and more thought for the story.

[Ester · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book can be an event that could happen in our country . I read the book at with little breaks in between. I think it had suspense, action, and courage on the people's part. Good read .

[Richard Jr. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Here we have a novel with serious flaws and misconceptions put together after the author's death from notes and outlines. Could this book be prophetic and was W.W. Johnstone thinking of writing it as a satire? It wouldn't take a lot of vocabulary changes to make this 2010 novel mirror our 2017 situation today. The ghost writers have attempted to make it into a thriller by slinging a lot of lead around. The reader will therefore be advised to wash their hands before eating directly after reading to avoid a case of lead poisoning. That said, the original plot had potential: The President is off his rocker and hopes to be able to take away all American 2nd amendment authorized weapons. Must be off his rocker! POTUS is also orchestrating a secret nerve gas experiment in S. Texas and the little town of Home, TX is going to be his experimental test site since it's just down the road. You will want to root for Pete McNamara whose spunky first chapter shootout with some Mexican Drug cartel guys actually is the best chapter in the book. You'll also like Police Chief Alex Bonner and her tiny department of cops who try to stand against first the government takeover of Home and then once all the guns have been removed, stands against a bunch of drug cartel thugs who would steal the President's nerve gas for their own purposes before it gets tried out on tiny Home. The side story of the two rogue CIA agents gets a little too complicated for this whole scenario, so you probably won't bond with Fargo and Parker. Minor characters fit the microbiologists nomenclature TNTC (Too numerous to count). You'll lose track. Some questions for the ghost writers arise in the reading: The President is a liberal? Oops! Liberal Presidents are the best thing since Mother Flag and Apple Pie for gun and ammunition sales and proliferation in this country without guns ever being taken away. Why would a liberal President destroy our economy so badly? Must really be off his rocker! This book is not written by "the master" whom we remember as the man who actually rode the Indian, Mountain Man and Cavalry trails that appeared in his writing. His legacy is gone but you can still find his originals: amazing historical fiction novels. My rating of a 2 out of 5 would have been lower but for his name on the cover. I had hoped to find a smidgen of W.W. in this book. I didn't. (R.I.P.) W.W. Johnstone.

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was a stand-alone novel, however it seems to be part of a series called The Black ops

And as per usual I read these out of order. This novel did explain some things mentioned in other books down the line.

Interesting book, fun in a modern Western sort of way, with a twist of right-wing and left-wing conspiracies tossed in.

If you tend to lean to the left...

If you are anti-gun...

If you are pro big government....

Seriously, you may want to give this one a pass.

Here's the basic story:

Two cartel members come across the border illegally, break into a house, and are shot by the homeowner. One dies the other does not.

The burglar is granted bail, turns around sues the city county state and federal government along with the manufacturer of the firearms.

He wins his lawsuit!

The federal government declares martial law and confiscates all weapons from private citizens. They didn't leave.

Renegade cartel in Mexican soldiers invade the city, now that there's no resistance.

meanwhile the government is planning to unleash a nerve agent to kill everyone in town.

The lady police chief and two renegade CIA agents save the Day.

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not sure what Johnstone was thinking when he wrote this book. He took a very probable and real life scenario of a home defense situation where the robber ended up suing the home owner and blew it into an entire town being disarmed due to Martial Law. Then he threw in a Mexican Cartel trying to steal a top secret nerve agent that just happened to be stored near the same town. The events leading up to the end of the book are ripped right out of the headlines. During Hurricane Katrina, people of New Orleans were disarmed. Law abiding citizens were forced to give up their guns at gun point. All to often when someone breaks into a house today, they end up suing the home owner for everything from unlawful imprisonment to attempted murder. Recently a thug was killed breaking into a home and the family said, "How else is he going to get his money? There was no need to kill him." I fear for the stupidity of our citizens today, and I think Johnstone captures the absurdity of the current culture very well.

[Ian Denner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Although I enjoyed reading this story, I thought it was not as good as the previous books in the series. But it continues to paint a bleak picture of what might happen if we don’t stop this slide that we as a society seems to be encouraging by some of the politicians we vote into office.

[Toni Garrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow

Fast paced story I did not want to put down. Story is about two Mexicans that broke into a house, killed the wife, then sued the owner for damages. Story progress to other things. But I had to look at the publication date (2010) because some of the story lines seem to be happening in the country now. Scary!

[Jacque Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those books that has the potential to push you over into the fanatic. A perfectly fit genre piece, it was entertaining, even if somewhat shallow in character. It did have a little bit of a slow beginning, but not glacial.

[Dallas Kitchens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding book, I don’t know where he was in my life, all 57 years of it. Because this is the kinda book I should’ve been reading from the beginning. Here’s 5.7 stars out of 6.7 stars, and here’s to reading more of his stuff in the future.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read by these authors, also of this series. Fast paced action, and a page turner. Interesting how the separate arcs convened during the climatic finish. The outcome of the initial scenario is enough to disgust any homeowner.

[Jerry Blackerby · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is speculative fiction, but so real. It could definitely happen in our current world. People need to open their eyes and see what is happening right around them.

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[Courtney Fouquier]

I have only read westerns by Johnstone. This was an excellent surprise

[Bev McNamara]

This book is a good read, scary that it could become a true event. It could definitely happen in today's world.

[Kanguaiki · Rating 5 out of 5]

soo good

[Lisa Hawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good but intense action story.

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! I liked this book a lot! I like how the characters are written, the plot, the pull of the story, the story, the writing, the plot twists, the ending, etc. I short the book a star due to a few items that bother me.

The book is about a small city in Texas taken over by a very large entity and more that will have to be discovered while reading. The great thing is that none of the takeover takes place right away. The story has number of threads and it takes a bit to tie it together. The reader knows it's going to tie together and that is one of the things keeping you on the edge of your seat trying to figure how that will happen. This book starts on one level and ends up in a very different place. I love when i can't figure an ending out and that was pretty impossible here. Another great things is that every character is expendable, which is typical of the Johnstone westerns I've read. Love how that worked out here. Made it all so much more realistic.

These days, in our current political atmosphere, the plot seems possibly not far off from possible. Staunch liberals will hate this book. People opened minded will greatly enjoy it. I sure like that conservatives are put in a good light here. I read so much contemporary mess where the conservatives, Republicans, patriotic people are evil. Though this book flips the favoring, it is still less strident than sooooo many authors I've read.

My concerns are mostly technical. I'm not a lawyer, but I believe there are some pretty big holes in how the court case early in the book is handled. Though I like the ending, I don't quite believe everything would go so quick back to normal considering the premise of a fixated populace.

Besides a great story, I'm also amazed at the level this book is considering it's coming out of the Johnstone mill. The amount of books pumped out a year by Johnstone and company would lead one to believe the books are just rot machine gunned out by ghost writers. This is the second book recently produced by the mill and am staggered at it's quality. I really expected a loosey-goosey mess of a non-stop battle involving what I figured might be the "Invasion" before reading the book. As I read I discovered how very wrong I was. Have to almost wonder if some of the ghost writers are long-time professionals filling in some economic gaps by producing these.

I highly recommend this book.

[Laura Belgrave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now and then we read about a home invasion — and I'm talking about the seemingly random ones, the ones based on opportunities seized by drug-addled bad guys. Well, Johnstone's book is also about a home invasion based on opportunity, but it's not the kind of opportunity you'd ordinarily associate with this sort of break-in. It's all about a lottery ticket, the bad guys scoring good publicity through some corrupt political maneuvers, and the actual relationships the bad guys do — and don't — forge with their victims.

If you're looking for a thriller kind of book with an unusual twist and some psychological and political aspects you generally wouldn't expect, then by all means slap this baby on your to-be-read pile. Great good fun of a read, and I shall indeed look for more from this author.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about the invasion of Home, Texas by the U.S. Government and also by the Mexican Drug Cartel. The U.S. Government disarms the citizens of Home so it can then "test" a nerve gas on them before the sitting President decides it's usable on his "enemies". The Mexican Drug Cartel, however, has different ideas for the nerve gas and invades Home, Texas on the day the nerve gas is being transported into Home. It was an engrossing read. I found it scary to think this book of "fiction" could - and very well might - actually happen in the United States, but realistically, what happens in the book "Home Invasion" could very well happen to us in real life by the current sitting President or any future President. Definitely recommend reading it.

[Randy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat disappointed in this one. While reading it, I was trying to decide if the author was serious in his portrayal of the people involved or was exaggerating for effect. Every person of liberal persuasion was painted as smarmy, believing regular folks to be stupid rednecks and need to be guided for their own good. All conservatives were good and kind, loving Americans. I know a lot of folks like thoseon both sides, but not everyone, on either side of political persuasion are completely one way. WEe all have our foibles.

For that reason, two stars is all I could give it.

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book caught my attention with the first chapter, and the pace of the plot kept me reading to the end. The pacing and the plot adds another half-star to the rating.
The characters are defined by their roles in the plot, and this is a weakness in the novel for me.
This is not a book I would recommend to my liberal friends because, in their arrogance and political correctness, they would dismiss the plot as unbelievable. Some of the concluding plot points are a bit too much for me.
I recommend this book for readers who wonder, "What are they thinking?" about federal politicians.

[Dave · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two or three stars? Why is life so complicated? Ok two stars if I really have to think hard about it. Some good bits, some parts wildly out there and not really believable. The political views were hard to dismiss. The making hero's out of the average town folk got a little too much. It wasn't a terrible read, just not really believable

[Brian Mceachern · Rating 4 out of 5]

great read if you are a republic

[Kayla Sloan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my usual kind of book. Was recommended by a friend.

[David Oglesby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the writings and story telling of the William W. Johnstone legacy. Its uncanny how he hits whats happening in the world on the head.

[Angelica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't think id like it but a couple chapters in and I was hooked to think that it is not so far fetched that our government could really do this and how would we really be able to stop them?

[Susan Rowald · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok, so did the NRA and FOX commission this book???!!! Did not care for it at all. One star was generous in my opinion. Sorry.

[Farwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not kinda mah type of book.