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02517aam a2200205 4500 001 CAD6F8A66FD711EE93D6B80232ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231021010103 008 230921s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 020 $a 9798396827479 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Horton, Franklin. 245 1 $a Shift Point $h [Paperback] : $b #9 Mad Mick Series / $c by Franklin Horton. 264 1 $a Monee, IL : $b Franklin Horton, $c 2023. 300 $a 388 pgs. 500 $a What happens when success is impossible and failure isnât an option? In the ninth installment in the bestselling Mad Mick Series, several months have passed since Walter Lightspeed demonstrated he could restore power to the United States using his innovative wireless power delivery system. After a year in the dark, America was finally on the rebound. Optimism soared as people imagined an end to the most difficult period in modern American history. Lightspeedâs success allowed him to take the office of President and gain the support of the military. With their backingâand the assistance of Conor, Ricardo, and their teamâLightspeedâs efforts to restore power were accelerated. He was making regular radio addresses to the American public to keep them updated and raise their spirits. He made Wi-Fi available to regions with power so people could use their phones to catch up on news and monitor the progress of power restoration. Jobs and aid were available for those who wanted them. But Lightspeed underestimated his enemies. The political establishment would rather leave the nation in ruin than allow an outsider to sit at their table. There were new enemies rising from outside of the country, but also from within its borders. There were the Luddites who decided that a year without power had restored balance and purpose to their lives. There were the foreign actors determined to strike in this moment of national vulnerability. There were even those within Lightspeedâs own organization who had become disillusioned with the way he was doing things and conspired against him. These attempts to sabotage his national recovery effort are raising serious questions for Lightspeed and his team. What has America become? Is it a nation beyond repair? Is destruction of the enemy more important than compromise? Was it more important than saving the nation? 541 $d 20230921. 941 $a 1 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20231021032512.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CAD6F8A66FD711EE93D6B80232ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search