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And you were upset ... Preventive Maintenance

Nancy Pelosi  is kept on as the new Islamo government's "Show Snatch." (Their words). If I was going to write a novel about Islamo betrayal and takeover of the United States, I too would make Seattle the capitol city of the new Blue State union.  I'd not heard about the book Prayers for the Assassin: until Chuck commented on it, but it looks good - maybe even prescient.  Here's a review by Joanne Wilkinson “ In a huge departure from his edgy thrillers set in the glittering wasteland of contemporary L.A. (Flinch, 2001; The Wake-Up, 2004), Ferrigno sets his ninth novel in the year 2040. The U.S. has been rent by civil strife and a nuclear attack that leveled New York and Washington, D.C. The nation is now divided into the Islamic States of America, whose capital is in Seattle, and the Bible Belt, located in the South. Young and fearless researcher Sarah Dougan, a moderate Muslim who frequently chafes at the restrictions placed on women, discovers that the nuke attacks long blamed on Israel were in fact carried out by a fanatical Muslim billionaire who intends to take over the nation by launching an unprecedented attack on the Christian South. Intending to verify her explosive findings, Sarah must go into hiding, where she is joined by her lover, former elite Muslim warrior Rakkim Epps. The two zigzag their way across an unrecognizable U.S., dogged by a psychopathic rogue assassin named Darwin. Ferrigno deserves props for his imaginative portrayal of a futuristic America, which is often highlighted through startling details, as when the second half of the Super Bowl must wait on midday prayers. But his new novel lacks his usual edge and his signature dialogue. Still, with its inventive setting and violent, action-packed, even controversial storyline, this novel should have no trouble finding an audience. ”