Halfway between war and peace, the Volunteers find themselves waiting for orders in the vast American city-state, Empire City. Violent protests erupt throughout the nation an ex-military watchdog group clashes with police while radical terrorists threaten to expose government experiments within the veteran rehabilitation colonies. Stories of super soldiers known as the Volunteers tuck in little American boys and girls every night. Thirty years after its great triumph in Vietnam, the United States has again become mired in an endless foreign war overseas. The author of the “urgent and deeply moving” ( The New York Times) Youngblood returns with this bold and provocative novel following a group of super-powered soldiers and civilians as they navigate an imperial America on the precipice of a major upheaval-for fans of The Fortress of Solitude and The Plot Against America. Gallagher’s prose is sharp, energetic and witty, his characters are fiercely alive, and the cracked vision of America he creates is a monstrous thing of beauty.” -Phil Klay, award-winning author of Redeployment Gallagher once again establishes himself as a preeminent voice in American writing.” -Sara Novic, award-winning author of Girl at War While the novel tracks an alternate historical reality, time and again I found myself taken aback at just how prescient and applicable its insight is to our very real present. “ Empire City is a dark, nimble book that pulls no punches.
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