Pax Americana

<p>2034: Evangelical secret agents fast food moguls the voice of God in computer software violence in the Bermuda Triangle! George W. Bush’s foreign policy vindicated by a quick victory in Iraq lucrative invasions of Egypt and Syria followed bringing unparalleled prosperity to America and setting off thirty years of right-wing rule. But when a war in Iran goes bad—and the resulting cover-up goes worse—the democrats reclaim the presidency. This is the time of <em>Pax Americana </em>and its zealous anti-hero government agent Tuck Squires.</p><p>Reading the ironic silences between the lines of the thriller and roaring like a jet engine <em>Pax Americana</em> is a sacrilegious conspiratorial monster; like a literary dogfight between Martin Amis and Robert Anton Wilson loaded with prophecy Baumeister’s debut is an exorcism and an antidote for our era.</p><p>‘Like an episode of <em>Archer</em> written by Kurt Vonnegut Baumeister takes us into a hilarious and high-velocity world of espionage and global politics in this send-up of god country and the possibility of doing good in a world gone bad. It’s fast-paced fun watch out for paper cuts as the pages fly by.’ –Shya Scanlon</p><p>‘If there is to be an American peace it’s certainly not going to come on the pages of this lit match of a novel. Kurt Baumeister has fashioned exactly the old school pre- and post-Bond techno x-travaganza everyone bored with explorations of the louvre has been waiting for. <em>Pax Americana</em> is both dark satire and deeply satisfying an adrenaline rush that runs through suspect politics spirituality software and the sacredly profane. It’s a blast. Buy it now.’ –Sean Beaudoin</p><p> </p><p> </p>