Description
The Next Nine Hours Will Decide the Fate of a Nation—and the Soul of a President
Inauguration Eve 2045. Although Jackson Piper has been selected President by Congress, America is unknowingly on the brink of war.
President Marco Alvarez is shot by the Secret Service—but not before issuing a nuclear strike order that is either an act of vengeance or allegiance. In the vacuum of power, the Constitution thrusts Speaker Sylvester Billings into the Oval Office with a single, impossible mandate: steer the nation through its darkest hours while a nuclear clock ticks toward midnight.
As Billings battles rogue military factions and his own party’s treachery, he recalls what brought him and Jackson Piper together. The clues are with the U.S. Archivist who vanished after smuggling Billings the Electoral College certifications. The path to finding her leads through a labyrinth of secrets, betrayal, and a conspiracy that stretches back over a decade.
Now, as the clock races toward noon, America faces one final reckoning. Will it welcome its first Bull Moose president—or be destroyed by the forces that tried to prevent one?
The Nine-Hour President is the explosive, heart-stopping conclusion to the Bull Moose trilogy—a political thriller that proves the most dangerous battlefield in America isn’t overseas. It’s the Oval Office.
For fans of The President Is Missing by James Patterson, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and political thrillers where every second counts.
Bull Moose Series Reading Order:
- Book 0: The Senate Deception (Prequel)
- Book 1: What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose
- Book 2: Tree of Liberty
- Book 3: The Nine-Hour President
- Book 4: Killer Amendment (Coming Soon)
John l. –
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The story begins with the death of Pres. Marco Alvarez who became President after the death of the previous one a month earlier. It seems that Marco was attempting to choke his fiancée Olivia and was shot by the Secret Service. As a result of this death and with no Vice President, the Speaker of the House, Sylvester Billings, became President for the last 9 hours before Jackson Piper would be given the oath after he was elected. Once Billings got to the White House and took the oath, he discovered that Marco had issued two executive orders before his death. Once was the arrest of Jackson Piper and the 2nd was to launch nuclear missiles.
The story then is split between the efforts that Billings took to stop the launching of the missiles and an earlier description of Piper’s initial foreign trip to Italy when he first became a congressman. Piper’s Italy trip brought him to meet Aurelia Avignon who was a congressional staff member. Aurelia would play a role later as part of Billings’ staff. Discover how Piper and Aurelia became well acquainted while in Italy.
The actions that President Billings was forced to perform in his attempt to prevent a nuclear war with China was well documented and informative. Learn what Marco did behind the scenes that created a major problem as well.
This is definitely an excellent story and highlights events outside of the Bull Moose party, but it is just an important, This is definitely worth reading and you won’t be disappointed. It will leave you wanting to find out what happens once Piper is inaugurated.