From fiscal year 2001 through December 2007, Congress provided the Department of Defense with about $635.9 billion for its efforts in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
The Defense Department has reported obligations of about $527 billion for military operations in support of the war from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2007 and for fiscal year 2008 through December 2009.
Meanwhile, many political leaders are more than willing to allow our enemies -- in this case, Islamic Fascists -- access to the homeland.
However, in his latest fictional work, Pandemonium in 2012 , author Leland W. Cross provides the reader with a front seat into the near future -- a future when the very foundation of the United States of America is in serious jeopardy.
Cross' America is on the rocks after two years of rule by the nation's first woman president -- Kipper Rodwell. The chain of destruction ends with her untimely death. Meanwhile a hero emerges on the American scene and -- under his direction -- suddenly the nation starts turning around.
However, the power brokers in Washington, DC don't like the trend they are witnessing. Their plan for the nation's political savior and America is the Pandemonium of 2012.
But fate plays a wild card. Patriots won't let the republic die, as they struggle against Islamic terrorism, loss of civil liberties, a great nation unraveling at the seams, and revolution.
Lee Cross' works are published by the Virginia City Publishing Company in Nevada. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Colorado Desert of Southern California.
He concedes that his works often have unusual themes: exploring reincarnation or the wonders of time travel. He attributes that to belonging to the generation that grew up watching the Twilight Zone. He considers his latest release a political satire with "cataclysmic implications of our own times."
Title: Pandemonium in 2012
Author: Lee Cross (Leland W. Cross)
Publisher: Virginia City Publishing Co.
Copyright: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9787596-2-9
Number of pages: 320
Website: www.bookimagineer.com .Contact: Lee@bookimagineer.com.
Price: $13.95 U.S.
Sources: Can be purchased on line or ordered through any book store.
Reviewed by Jim Kouri, TCV Staff