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Collapse
After People's Republic, after Indian Country, after Wildfire...
Kelly Turnbull is back, armed and dangerous, for the Collapse.
The socialist People's Republic is falling apart, held together only by the murderous thugs of the blue states' government. The communist Chinese want to carve off a colony in North America, and the United States is mobilizing for war to stop it and to finally reunify the country split apart a decade before.
As hunger and violence sweep across what had once been the Golden State, Kelly Turnbull must undertake his most daring mission yet. With his trusty .45, some old friends, and an elite team of operators, he faces a terrifying new enemy and a deadly old one as the battle to restore the United States of America climaxes in the ruins of the People's Republic's western capital city of San Francisco.
Deadlier than ever, Kelly Turnbull is going to settle old scores and new ones too, shooting first, then shooting again before bothering to ask questions later. From blue Hawaii to the red Florida Keys, from the USS Teddy Roosevelt's berth in San Diego to the Supermax prison in Colorado, Kelly Turnbull does what he does best...
It's all-out war, this time in the midst of blue America's total Collapse.
Kelly Turnbull is back, armed and dangerous, for the Collapse.
The socialist People's Republic is falling apart, held together only by the murderous thugs of the blue states' government. The communist Chinese want to carve off a colony in North America, and the United States is mobilizing for war to stop it and to finally reunify the country split apart a decade before.
As hunger and violence sweep across what had once been the Golden State, Kelly Turnbull must undertake his most daring mission yet. With his trusty .45, some old friends, and an elite team of operators, he faces a terrifying new enemy and a deadly old one as the battle to restore the United States of America climaxes in the ruins of the People's Republic's western capital city of San Francisco.
Deadlier than ever, Kelly Turnbull is going to settle old scores and new ones too, shooting first, then shooting again before bothering to ask questions later. From blue Hawaii to the red Florida Keys, from the USS Teddy Roosevelt's berth in San Diego to the Supermax prison in Colorado, Kelly Turnbull does what he does best...
It's all-out war, this time in the midst of blue America's total Collapse.
292 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2019
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About the author
Kurt Schlichter
24 books312 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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February 24, 2021
This is the fourth book in this series, and it keeps getting better.
November 30, 2019
The Kelly Turnbull we know and love
When I heard that Bill Kristol found these books, "Appalling," I immediately bought 'People's Republic,' and became a Kelly Turnbull junkie. 'Collapse ' shows Lt. Col. Schlichter's advancement as a fiction writer. It's the best in the series so far! It's a funny, non-stop, action packed, thrill ride that takes off within the first five pages. You find yourself holding your breath until suddenly, you're at the Author's Note. Buy this book. Heck, buy all of them, but don't miss this one!
When I heard that Bill Kristol found these books, "Appalling," I immediately bought 'People's Republic,' and became a Kelly Turnbull junkie. 'Collapse ' shows Lt. Col. Schlichter's advancement as a fiction writer. It's the best in the series so far! It's a funny, non-stop, action packed, thrill ride that takes off within the first five pages. You find yourself holding your breath until suddenly, you're at the Author's Note. Buy this book. Heck, buy all of them, but don't miss this one!
November 28, 2019
A great read, and time for the author to aim higher.
As good as the others in the series with well plotted action and military stuff in spades. In future novels the author could move away from the volume of blood and ballistics. Focus a more on higher level plot lines. Like the 2nd novel but more elevated still. Like what are the leftist leaders thinking when they split the country apart and how do they deceive their followers? Why are people following them?
As good as the others in the series with well plotted action and military stuff in spades. In future novels the author could move away from the volume of blood and ballistics. Focus a more on higher level plot lines. Like the 2nd novel but more elevated still. Like what are the leftist leaders thinking when they split the country apart and how do they deceive their followers? Why are people following them?
August 29, 2021
I love the fun the writer has at the PC madness. While I sometimes get a bit weary of the extended battle scenes, I always hold out towards the end off the book for the promise of another instalment.
November 12, 2022
Kurt Schlichter's super commando, Kelly Turnbull, is again called upon to help his country fend off dire threats posed by both its close neighbor and from an enemy on the far side of the Pacific Ocean. Turnbull, as always, is reluctantly up to the challenge in this 4th book of the series.
Previously on Kelly Turnbull...
The current U.S. (yes, the one we now live in) has split into two countries due to the ever-increasing inability of the Right and Left to have any kind of civil discourse.
The People's Republic is composed of what are today's blue states- basically the East and West Coasts along with the Northern Rust Belt states. It is a socialist "utopia" where all hate speech is outlawed and the government controls everything. Early on President De Blasio moved the PR's capital from Washington to New York City. Additionally, the West coast is ruled from San Francisco under loose supervision from New York.
The new USA is composed of the "Red States" with Dallas as the capital. The Red States are a free market, pro-gun, pro-God nation and home of the Normals.
The U.S.A. and the Peoples Republic have constantly engaged in low-level warfare ranging from behind the lines guerrilla actions to occasional full up clashes between armored and mechanized forces.
Kelly Turnbull is the Special Fores trained "go-to" guy for the U.S government. He is put into play for the toughest and most critical clandestine operations.
In this Episode...
The socialist People's Republic is falling apart, held together only by the murderous thugs of the blue states' government. The communist Chinese (already possessing Hawaii) want to carve off a colony on North America's Pacific coast, and the United States is mobilizing for war to stop it and to finally reunify the country split apart a decade before.
Kelly Turnbull leads the way.
On top of being an a great action/thriller, this novel is an insightful and well-informed analysis of the inevitable arc of today's Progressive movement. I really enjoyed hearing how some of the celebrities in today's news fared in Schlichter's proposed future.
For example, Greta Thunberg ends up as Prime Minister of Sweden in 2035...
the Prime Minister of Sweden for Life, installed into the job with extraordinary powers in the face of the climate crisis that was scheduled to have destroyed the world five years before. She segued into talking about the beauty of Sweden’s Fridfull Utgång Plan, “Peaceful Exit.” To save the planet, she had decreed that one in five Swedes must “make way for other life.” Immigrants were excluded, of course – “their culture does not allow this” – but native Swedes were expected to honor the results of the lottery. Of course, the random selections seemed to fall primarily upon those opposing the dictator’s power and, astonishingly, no one in the Prime Minister’s close family was selected to make the ultimate sacrifice to Gaia. What were the chances? “How dare you complain about not enough food! How dare you!”
And a favorite congresswoman from Minnesota also went on to bigger things and had a military installation named in her honor...
But it was no longer Camp Roberts. The sign on the hill south of the main gate now read “Camp Rashida Talib,” named after the first Minister of Religious Freedom who began the initial pogroms against people of faith – but only peoples of faiths she did not share – immediately after the Split. She withdrew the tax exemptions for religious property – again, only on selected sects’ religious property – and began the arrest of “religious bigots” who refused to submit their sermons to her ministry ministry’s approval. She was tragically martyred in 2028 after complaining when her new, 22-year old fundamentalist husband brought home a second wife, also 22 years-old, and a red-haired “feminist cobbler” who the new husband had met having his sandals re-soled. He cited “honor” and “anti-imperialist cultural norms” as his defense, and this put the prosecution in a conundrum. The prosecution quickly sought his release on the grounds that it was racist and illegal to prohibit such so-called “crimes,” and the judge praised the formerly accused for his “steadfast adherence to the values of resistance to oppressive norms.” The PR government announced that she had been murdered by red American agents and renamed the base in, ironically, her honor.
Advertising in 2035 California promises to be highly interesting as well...
Overhead loomed a billboard that invited the locals to “REPORT ALL HATE THOUGHTS TO THE PBI: ILLEGAL DENIALS / -PHOBICS /-ISMS” as a picture of a stern man dressed as a woman glared at the reader.
Another billboard reads:
HATE CRIMES ARE NOT TOLERATED REPORT CLIMATE DENIAL TO THE PBI CALL 911
Schlichter has many more comments to make about the developing socialist culture. All in all I found this to be one of those stories I just couldn't out down until I'd read it all the way through.
This is a fun, quick read. I highly recommend this book to intelligent readers.
Previously on Kelly Turnbull...
The current U.S. (yes, the one we now live in) has split into two countries due to the ever-increasing inability of the Right and Left to have any kind of civil discourse.
The People's Republic is composed of what are today's blue states- basically the East and West Coasts along with the Northern Rust Belt states. It is a socialist "utopia" where all hate speech is outlawed and the government controls everything. Early on President De Blasio moved the PR's capital from Washington to New York City. Additionally, the West coast is ruled from San Francisco under loose supervision from New York.
The new USA is composed of the "Red States" with Dallas as the capital. The Red States are a free market, pro-gun, pro-God nation and home of the Normals.
The U.S.A. and the Peoples Republic have constantly engaged in low-level warfare ranging from behind the lines guerrilla actions to occasional full up clashes between armored and mechanized forces.
Kelly Turnbull is the Special Fores trained "go-to" guy for the U.S government. He is put into play for the toughest and most critical clandestine operations.
In this Episode...
The socialist People's Republic is falling apart, held together only by the murderous thugs of the blue states' government. The communist Chinese (already possessing Hawaii) want to carve off a colony on North America's Pacific coast, and the United States is mobilizing for war to stop it and to finally reunify the country split apart a decade before.
Kelly Turnbull leads the way.
On top of being an a great action/thriller, this novel is an insightful and well-informed analysis of the inevitable arc of today's Progressive movement. I really enjoyed hearing how some of the celebrities in today's news fared in Schlichter's proposed future.
For example, Greta Thunberg ends up as Prime Minister of Sweden in 2035...
the Prime Minister of Sweden for Life, installed into the job with extraordinary powers in the face of the climate crisis that was scheduled to have destroyed the world five years before. She segued into talking about the beauty of Sweden’s Fridfull Utgång Plan, “Peaceful Exit.” To save the planet, she had decreed that one in five Swedes must “make way for other life.” Immigrants were excluded, of course – “their culture does not allow this” – but native Swedes were expected to honor the results of the lottery. Of course, the random selections seemed to fall primarily upon those opposing the dictator’s power and, astonishingly, no one in the Prime Minister’s close family was selected to make the ultimate sacrifice to Gaia. What were the chances? “How dare you complain about not enough food! How dare you!”
And a favorite congresswoman from Minnesota also went on to bigger things and had a military installation named in her honor...
But it was no longer Camp Roberts. The sign on the hill south of the main gate now read “Camp Rashida Talib,” named after the first Minister of Religious Freedom who began the initial pogroms against people of faith – but only peoples of faiths she did not share – immediately after the Split. She withdrew the tax exemptions for religious property – again, only on selected sects’ religious property – and began the arrest of “religious bigots” who refused to submit their sermons to her ministry ministry’s approval. She was tragically martyred in 2028 after complaining when her new, 22-year old fundamentalist husband brought home a second wife, also 22 years-old, and a red-haired “feminist cobbler” who the new husband had met having his sandals re-soled. He cited “honor” and “anti-imperialist cultural norms” as his defense, and this put the prosecution in a conundrum. The prosecution quickly sought his release on the grounds that it was racist and illegal to prohibit such so-called “crimes,” and the judge praised the formerly accused for his “steadfast adherence to the values of resistance to oppressive norms.” The PR government announced that she had been murdered by red American agents and renamed the base in, ironically, her honor.
Advertising in 2035 California promises to be highly interesting as well...
Overhead loomed a billboard that invited the locals to “REPORT ALL HATE THOUGHTS TO THE PBI: ILLEGAL DENIALS / -PHOBICS /-ISMS” as a picture of a stern man dressed as a woman glared at the reader.
Another billboard reads:
HATE CRIMES ARE NOT TOLERATED REPORT CLIMATE DENIAL TO THE PBI CALL 911
Schlichter has many more comments to make about the developing socialist culture. All in all I found this to be one of those stories I just couldn't out down until I'd read it all the way through.
This is a fun, quick read. I highly recommend this book to intelligent readers.
February 10, 2022
great book. It didnt even bother me that it defied physics
Having read the first 4 books, I was pleasantly surprised. Each book is better than the previous. You can see the author improving with every book and with him, the protagonist also becomes much more interesting to follow
Having read the first 4 books, I was pleasantly surprised. Each book is better than the previous. You can see the author improving with every book and with him, the protagonist also becomes much more interesting to follow
November 27, 2019
Couldn't Put It Down
The story pulled me along without ceasing. The compressed timeline magnified every plot twist. The character of Ross, USA, Retired 12B, was very close to home.
The story pulled me along without ceasing. The compressed timeline magnified every plot twist. The character of Ross, USA, Retired 12B, was very close to home.
December 7, 2019
Don't let this fiction become nonfiction
It's a great read. I highly recommend getting book one and start in there. If you like action-adventure and movies left me Escape From New York, the whole series is excellent value. But if you have the chance to pass it on to a conservative, a Jewish, or a left-leaning (But not full crazy) friend, do so. They're being led to Hell in a hand-basket.
It's a great read. I highly recommend getting book one and start in there. If you like action-adventure and movies left me Escape From New York, the whole series is excellent value. But if you have the chance to pass it on to a conservative, a Jewish, or a left-leaning (But not full crazy) friend, do so. They're being led to Hell in a hand-basket.
January 13, 2020
I rate this as 5 stars for Schlichter’s famous snark and 3.5 stars as a mil-fic thriller. There are lot of mil-fic thrillers of comparable or better quality and I was left wanting something more - more “Deep Kelly Turnbull”, as Schlichter puts it. As reviewer Mark Charles noted, Schlichter needs to aim higher. He is easily smart enough to provide better plot and political intrigue and commentary than this book contains. I have read the entire series and liked them all, but this installment felt somewhat like he is just cranking out a book a year on contract in his People’s Republic universe.
The characters are good, but too much time is devoted to weapon selection, even for mil-fic. Characters are always described with their current hand weaponry, which they can be counted on to swap out at every opportunity. There is way too much time devoted to California highway geography, which isn’t at all intuitive if you are not a native or resident. I get that the highways are in many ways the defining features of California geography, but one shouldn’t have to read the book with a road atlas open to follow the action. The story relies overly on one interesting plot device, the Golden Gate bridge attack.
Schlichter is adamant that this series is a cautionary tale, but there is not a lot of cautionary information about how and why the US split apart. He says in the preface that this particular book “tells the story of how it might come back together”. That is not accurate. It doesn’t "come back together". The “red states” of the US simply launch a fairly conventional attack on the “blue states” on the West coast of the People’s Republic. There is no political dimension to this at all, other than that socialism is failing yet again, this time in the People's Republic. This had already been made abundantly clear in the first three books in the series.
Realistically, I rated this as 3.5 stars, the weakest in the series. I rounded it up to 4 stars because I expect that leftists who haven’t read it will be downrating it with 1-star reviews.
The characters are good, but too much time is devoted to weapon selection, even for mil-fic. Characters are always described with their current hand weaponry, which they can be counted on to swap out at every opportunity. There is way too much time devoted to California highway geography, which isn’t at all intuitive if you are not a native or resident. I get that the highways are in many ways the defining features of California geography, but one shouldn’t have to read the book with a road atlas open to follow the action. The story relies overly on one interesting plot device, the Golden Gate bridge attack.
Schlichter is adamant that this series is a cautionary tale, but there is not a lot of cautionary information about how and why the US split apart. He says in the preface that this particular book “tells the story of how it might come back together”. That is not accurate. It doesn’t "come back together". The “red states” of the US simply launch a fairly conventional attack on the “blue states” on the West coast of the People’s Republic. There is no political dimension to this at all, other than that socialism is failing yet again, this time in the People's Republic. This had already been made abundantly clear in the first three books in the series.
Realistically, I rated this as 3.5 stars, the weakest in the series. I rounded it up to 4 stars because I expect that leftists who haven’t read it will be downrating it with 1-star reviews.
October 18, 2022
Book number four in the Kelly Turnbull series just didn't quite do it for me as much as the previous three. This book is a return to California (obviously based on the cover) and takes place a few years after the first book chronologically, so things in the former US state have deteriorated significantly. So much so, that China has essentially swooped in and taken control of the North American People's Republic.
The remaining United States can't have the Chinese so close, so they decide to invade and liberate the People's Republic from the Chinese in an attempt to start reunification.
The plot revolves heavily around Turnbull infiltrating California again to blow of the Golden Gate Bridge to block the Chinese from being able to use the San Francisco Bay.
Schlichter himself lives in California and most of this book is a play-by-play of Turnbull traveling up the Pacific coast from San Diego to San Francisco and you can tell he's using the travel time as and ode to the land that he loves but can see deteriorating before his eyes due to bad governance. It's interesting hearing about Californian scenery and landmarks, but it kind of drags on the flow of the story.
Schlichter also went extra hard on the military and tactical verbiage in this book, even more so than what he used in the the previous books. Military jargon is fine when done as a light peppering, but there were some chapters and sections of chapters where I found myself checked out with all the acronyms and numbers and hyphens.
Not the strongest entry in my opinion, but not awful. I'm invested now, so I will certainly still finish out the last three books of the series.
The remaining United States can't have the Chinese so close, so they decide to invade and liberate the People's Republic from the Chinese in an attempt to start reunification.
The plot revolves heavily around Turnbull infiltrating California again to blow of the Golden Gate Bridge to block the Chinese from being able to use the San Francisco Bay.
Schlichter himself lives in California and most of this book is a play-by-play of Turnbull traveling up the Pacific coast from San Diego to San Francisco and you can tell he's using the travel time as and ode to the land that he loves but can see deteriorating before his eyes due to bad governance. It's interesting hearing about Californian scenery and landmarks, but it kind of drags on the flow of the story.
Schlichter also went extra hard on the military and tactical verbiage in this book, even more so than what he used in the the previous books. Military jargon is fine when done as a light peppering, but there were some chapters and sections of chapters where I found myself checked out with all the acronyms and numbers and hyphens.
Not the strongest entry in my opinion, but not awful. I'm invested now, so I will certainly still finish out the last three books of the series.
October 7, 2020
The first book in the series remains the best because it had the most philosophical underpinnings for our inevitable dissolution. This was really standard military fiction and about the 50th time the Golden Gate Bridge is a target for destruction in fiction. Still, Turnbull is interesting and the setting is increasingly plausible.
You can tell Shlichter is upset that his homeland of California, marketed as America's paradise from the 50s to the late 80s, has collapsed, and is now a land of nearly zero opportunity for economic advancement and serves as little more than the source of morons remaking new lands in the image of what they fled (Nevada, Austin, and Denver down. Boise, Arizona, and the rest of Texas next?)
What I would like to see next time out is a bit more backstory on the split. Who left first? Who fired the first shot? Who negotiated the settlement.
In any case, Schlichter correctly predicted the destrution of Juniper Serra's statue and the limitless prejudice of social justice. We all know what's next. It's just a matter of dates.
You can tell Shlichter is upset that his homeland of California, marketed as America's paradise from the 50s to the late 80s, has collapsed, and is now a land of nearly zero opportunity for economic advancement and serves as little more than the source of morons remaking new lands in the image of what they fled (Nevada, Austin, and Denver down. Boise, Arizona, and the rest of Texas next?)
What I would like to see next time out is a bit more backstory on the split. Who left first? Who fired the first shot? Who negotiated the settlement.
In any case, Schlichter correctly predicted the destrution of Juniper Serra's statue and the limitless prejudice of social justice. We all know what's next. It's just a matter of dates.
May 24, 2020
Another excellent Kelly Turnbull novel, set in a future we devoutly hope never comes to pass. The People's Republic is about to implode, doomed by its own internal contradictions (take that, Karl Marx) but its feckless leaders hope to avoid their gruesome fates by selling out to the Red Chinese. Turnbull's part in this starts (relatively) small, as he escorts a highly-skilled hacker into California to sabotage the reactor aboard the former USS Theodore Roosevelt - but as usual, things just can't stay that simple, and the next thing he knows, he and the very unwilling hacker are bound for San Francisco with some Rangers and a slightly demented demo expert to take down the Golden Gate Bridge.
June 28, 2025
I give this a 4 for the sheer fun of it. Kelly Turnbull is chosen to lead a mission to bring down the Golden Gate bridge to stop the Chinese from taking over California from the pathetic People's Republic. That woke government has run the coastal states into the ground and the U.S. needs to take it back or lose most of their access to the Pacific Ocean. Lots of shooting and death ensue as in all of the Turnbull novels. I love how Schlichter just changes the history from book to book depending on how elections have turned out since the previous one. Furthermore, it is enjoyable to see how the People' Republic have renamed everything in favor of some Democrat politician. For example, the main highway in Hawaii is now named after Mazie Hirono.
August 13, 2021
Cautionary action thriller
4th in a series on the split between the Red and Blue states. The Red States are devolved into the end state of all socialist utopias, an authoritarian police states with secluded elites and starving peasants. The author enjoys poking and prodding the Uber-PC and their fixation on pronouns, triggering, and over-reaction to anything resembling common sense and logic. The hero, Kelly Turnbull, returns to perform some Mission:Impossible type tasks, but with more gun violence. Lots of action, suspense, surprise plot twists, and Red State humor. His Dirty Dozen type team, including a convict computer hacker who is promised parole if he survives the implausible mission against the odds. No spoilers here, so leave it at graphic descriptions of living conditions after years of woke governance and evasive actions by the resistance.
Entertaining and fast paced action, wrapped in a cautionary tale of the perils of progressivism.
4th in a series on the split between the Red and Blue states. The Red States are devolved into the end state of all socialist utopias, an authoritarian police states with secluded elites and starving peasants. The author enjoys poking and prodding the Uber-PC and their fixation on pronouns, triggering, and over-reaction to anything resembling common sense and logic. The hero, Kelly Turnbull, returns to perform some Mission:Impossible type tasks, but with more gun violence. Lots of action, suspense, surprise plot twists, and Red State humor. His Dirty Dozen type team, including a convict computer hacker who is promised parole if he survives the implausible mission against the odds. No spoilers here, so leave it at graphic descriptions of living conditions after years of woke governance and evasive actions by the resistance.
Entertaining and fast paced action, wrapped in a cautionary tale of the perils of progressivism.
May 28, 2020
Another dystopian fun read. It’s hard to think of a single Liberal Progressive who hasn’t been lampooned in this series so far. I hope we never see the day when things get as bad as they do in these novels, but if they ever do One can only hope there are real life Kelly Turnbulls out there (on our side)! Now We have to wait and see how he wins the East Coast back (almost single-handedly, of course!).
July 16, 2021
Excellent Read
I really liked the storyline and the characters were amazing. I started out order reading the first book in the series and it was was game on for me. Then I ordered three more and a fifth. The characters in the PR actually remind me of the Marxist nonsense we here flowing out of the current batch of moronic democrats and the losers putting them in office. The story is a comedy and a tragedy all rolled into one, fiction, adventure and fun.
I really liked the storyline and the characters were amazing. I started out order reading the first book in the series and it was was game on for me. Then I ordered three more and a fifth. The characters in the PR actually remind me of the Marxist nonsense we here flowing out of the current batch of moronic democrats and the losers putting them in office. The story is a comedy and a tragedy all rolled into one, fiction, adventure and fun.
July 20, 2023
A bit over the top as is usual for Schlichter, but a fun "two books in one" tale. Kelly Turnbull (the protagonist) makes another trip behind the lines into the People's Republic of North America on a mission to prevent Chinese "assistance" to the decaying People's Republic from doing more harm than good. Some bits read like things Robert Heinlein might write, and there's plenty to offend the Tide Pod Generation. There's even a "laugh out loud" moment or two.
February 7, 2024
Even more a cautionary tale- heed it.
With the state of our country today this series really deserves a read. Yes, it is entertaining. Yes, parts are so funny. Yes, too many things read on these pages could be possible. The most laughable are honestly the things one wouldn’t think could be possible in these United States but then you just read the news and think, “My God, it could happen!”
With the state of our country today this series really deserves a read. Yes, it is entertaining. Yes, parts are so funny. Yes, too many things read on these pages could be possible. The most laughable are honestly the things one wouldn’t think could be possible in these United States but then you just read the news and think, “My God, it could happen!”
December 4, 2019
Ridiculous
Unless you've been on a college campus recently. The action is active and the shear stupidity of leftist utopianism shines through in this latest installment of the madcap adventures of Kelly Turnbull. Can't wait to see what northeastern liberals get up to. Maybe the next book will have a storyline that includes Epstein not offing himself.
Unless you've been on a college campus recently. The action is active and the shear stupidity of leftist utopianism shines through in this latest installment of the madcap adventures of Kelly Turnbull. Can't wait to see what northeastern liberals get up to. Maybe the next book will have a storyline that includes Epstein not offing himself.
December 8, 2019
Killed it!
Once again, this book was an outstanding work of American literature and should be required reading for Moonbat 🌙🦇 and students in high school and college. This book also serves as a warning; not a hope for a divided nation. However, if the likes of Bernie Sanders, AOC, and that old red Carl Bernstein get their way, it may be reality.
Once again, this book was an outstanding work of American literature and should be required reading for Moonbat 🌙🦇 and students in high school and college. This book also serves as a warning; not a hope for a divided nation. However, if the likes of Bernie Sanders, AOC, and that old red Carl Bernstein get their way, it may be reality.
December 15, 2019
The Colonel Does it Again!
I am proud that I read this book. The story is quite frightening because of the Lib BS. But still it serves as a warning to any who aren’t sure what they should be doing in the face of what is going on in our great country. I’ve read the other three books and liked them as well. Col, give the order and I’ll fall in.
I am proud that I read this book. The story is quite frightening because of the Lib BS. But still it serves as a warning to any who aren’t sure what they should be doing in the face of what is going on in our great country. I’ve read the other three books and liked them as well. Col, give the order and I’ll fall in.
April 9, 2020
Awesome continuation of the Kelly Turnbull series!
Kurt continues on his action packed (hopefully not) prophetic vision of a future of our country where the divisions we see today in the political realm manifest themselves in a split in our Union.
Keep writing these Kurt. They are an excellent and necessary warning! And so much fun to read!
Kurt continues on his action packed (hopefully not) prophetic vision of a future of our country where the divisions we see today in the political realm manifest themselves in a split in our Union.
Keep writing these Kurt. They are an excellent and necessary warning! And so much fun to read!
April 25, 2021
This book in the series takes place as the US military is deployed to bring stability to the North. Turnbull is asked once again to go behind enemy lines to help disable several key objectives that can decide the fate of the US’ aggressive move to bring stability.
There is a ton of Turnbull-type humor, fun and action that you’d expect from Schlichter’s books.
There is a ton of Turnbull-type humor, fun and action that you’d expect from Schlichter’s books.
April 26, 2021
A great read for a Conservative, not so much for a Liberal
Great read and absolutely believable. Scary believable and makes one think about how badly things have been allowed to get. I would suggest a different editor though; lots of minor errors that should have been fixed prior to release.
Great read and absolutely believable. Scary believable and makes one think about how badly things have been allowed to get. I would suggest a different editor though; lots of minor errors that should have been fixed prior to release.
June 12, 2021
Great read
If you want a patriotic read that does an awesome job of highlighting the insanity of the woke generation, the inevitable despotism of the socialist ruling elite and their predictable excuses for why their behavior is always excused, then this book has it wrapped in a great story of intrigue and Dventure.
If you want a patriotic read that does an awesome job of highlighting the insanity of the woke generation, the inevitable despotism of the socialist ruling elite and their predictable excuses for why their behavior is always excused, then this book has it wrapped in a great story of intrigue and Dventure.
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April 3, 2024It was interesting to see all of the places I drove by every day going back and forth to work in Palo Alto depicted in this book.
I could visualize the locations clearly and felt connected to the action taking place.
Boy "Turnbull", is really a hard case.
Good book!! I am reading #5 in the series now
Joe Z
I could visualize the locations clearly and felt connected to the action taking place.
Boy "Turnbull", is really a hard case.
Good book!! I am reading #5 in the series now
Joe Z
December 4, 2019
A frighteningly possible scenario
full of in-your-face action and drama. A great sequel to the previous stories, instantly transporting the reader into the fast-moving scenarios. I only set it aside to attend to essential bodily functions. Thanks - looking forward to more.
full of in-your-face action and drama. A great sequel to the previous stories, instantly transporting the reader into the fast-moving scenarios. I only set it aside to attend to essential bodily functions. Thanks - looking forward to more.
December 9, 2019
Great
This one was even better than the first three. Really enjoyed it. Hope Crisis comes out soon. Why are liberals so screwed up? Our educational system is overrun with them, that’s why. Need to change that.
This one was even better than the first three. Really enjoyed it. Hope Crisis comes out soon. Why are liberals so screwed up? Our educational system is overrun with them, that’s why. Need to change that.
December 26, 2019
Scary.
I live amongst the liberals and these books describe the way they really think and act. Unfortunately they are too arrogant to see the consequences of their actions. If Bloomberg comes for my Diet Coke he will take it from my cold dead hand.
I live amongst the liberals and these books describe the way they really think and act. Unfortunately they are too arrogant to see the consequences of their actions. If Bloomberg comes for my Diet Coke he will take it from my cold dead hand.
March 5, 2020
Great read
This series is better written in each subsequent book. More insight into the mess that is the PR. A few fewer gunfights than the previous books in the series, but more engaging on a strategic level.
This series is better written in each subsequent book. More insight into the mess that is the PR. A few fewer gunfights than the previous books in the series, but more engaging on a strategic level.
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