A God in Ruins
1st Edition
Published on 16. April 2024
528 pages
978-0-06-174433-4 (ISBN)
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A presidential candidate is unaware he holds a secret that could endanger him and his country in this explosive political novel.
"Great reading.... Uris mixes politics, history, love and people's passions into yet another bestseller.... Compelling." - Tulsa World
Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 presidential campaign, A God in Ruinsis the riveting story of Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an honest, principled, and courageous man on the brink of becoming the second Irish Catholic President of the United States. But Quinn is a man with an explosive secret that can shatter his political ambitions, threaten his life, and tear the country apart-a secret buried for over a half century-that even he does not know...
"As exciting as Exodus, Topaz, and MILA 18." - Dallas Morning News
"Vintage Uris." - Lancaster (PA) Sunday News
"Great reading.... Uris mixes politics, history, love and people's passions into yet another bestseller.... Compelling." - Tulsa World
Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 presidential campaign, A God in Ruinsis the riveting story of Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an honest, principled, and courageous man on the brink of becoming the second Irish Catholic President of the United States. But Quinn is a man with an explosive secret that can shatter his political ambitions, threaten his life, and tear the country apart-a secret buried for over a half century-that even he does not know...
"As exciting as Exodus, Topaz, and MILA 18." - Dallas Morning News
"Vintage Uris." - Lancaster (PA) Sunday News
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Internationally acclaimed novelist Leon Uris ran away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, and he served at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. His first novel, Battle Cry, was based on his own experiences in the Marines, which he revisited in his final novel, O'Hara's Choice. His other novels include the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others. Leon Uris passed away in June 2003.
