Principal (Final State)
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Principal (Final State)

Paperback – February 5, 2018

Price
$18.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
476
Publisher
Kevin Gaughen
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0986380501
Dimensions
5.25 x 1.08 x 8 inches
Weight
1.08 pounds

Description

Principal is the sequel to Kevin Gaughen's debut science-fiction thriller, Interest .Gaughen received his degree in writing from Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to authoring novels, he also works full-time in the real estate industry. Gaughen lives with his wife and three children in Pennsylvania. He spends his scant free time practicing his night photography and training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Features & Highlights

  • After a pandemic, an invasion, and several other destabilizing calamities, North America has found itself in a decades-long state of chaos. North Korea has invaded the West Coast and colonized everything west of the Rocky Mountains. The rest of the continent has been torn apart by warlords with weapons of mass destruction. There is no safe place in these dangerous times.
  • If you want to survive, you need protection. A series of competing security corporations has risen to fill the role government once did. If you pay enough and play by their rules, these companies and their massive armies will protect you from harm. If you don’t, then you become just another casualty of a flawed system.
  • One man, Daniel Barton, has a plan bring order and stability back to North America. His grand vision is to unite the security corporations into a single government. However, many want to see him fail, and the Dranthyx threat still looms. The question is, can Barton pull it off?
  • The sequel to Gaughen's acclaimed debut,
  • Interest
  • , takes place thirty-five years later.
  • Principal
  • is both horrifying and inspiring, a vivid premonition of a future that is closer than we think.

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Both books are well written, entertaining and thought provoking ...

Both books are well written, entertaining and thought provoking. Books that you both want to see what happens next and at the same time want to stop and think about what you just read.
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as well as introducing us to a few new ones including a really cool centralized computer named Qualia

Principal picks up where Interest left off, following several of the characters from the first novel, as well as introducing us to a few new ones including a really cool centralized computer named Qualia, which makes you begin to ponder the usefulness of humanity. Is utopia achievable through technology? Gaughen spins a good yarn - he's a thoughtful, intelligent writer, and this book is full of wit and suspense. Very highly recommended!
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