Book description
When murderous bands of militiamen begin roaming the western United
States and attacking government agencies, it will take a dedicated
group of the nation's finest and toughest civilian airmen to put an
end to the homegrown insurgency. U. S. Air Force Lieutenant-General
Patrick McLanahan vows to take to the skies to join the fight, but
when his son, Bradley, also signs up, they find themselves caught in a
deadly game against a shadowy opponent. When the stock markets crash
and the U. S. economy falls into a crippling recession, everything
changes for newly elected president Kenneth Phoenix. Politically
exhausted from a bruising and divisive election, Phoenix must order a
series of massive tax cuts and wipe out entire cabinet-level
departments to reduce government spending. With reductions in
education and transportation, an incapacitated National Guard, and the
loss of public safety budgets, entire communities of armed citizens
band together for survival and mutual protection. Against this dismal
backdrop, a SWAT team is ambushed and radioactive materials are stolen
by a group calling themselves the Knights of the True Republic. Is the
battle against the government about to be taken to a new and deadlier
level? In this time of crisis, a citizen organization rises to the
task of protecting their fellow countrymen: the Civil Air Patrol
(CAP), the U. S. Air Force auxiliary. The Nevada Wing-led by retired
Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan, his son, Bradley, and
other volunteers-uses their military skills in the sky and on the
ground to hunt down violent terrorists. But how will Patrick respond
when extremists launch a catastrophic dirty bomb attack in Reno,
spreading radiological fallout for miles? And when Bradley is caught
in a deadly double-cross that jeopardizes the CAP, Patrick will have
to fight to find out where his friends' loyalties lie: Are they with
him and the CAP or with the terrorists?With A Time for Patriots, the
New York Times bestselling master of the modern thriller Dale Brown
brings the battle home to explore a terrifying possibility-the
collapse of the American Republic.
