{"title":"Bestsellers","description":"\u003cp\u003eArk Press bestsellers.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"american-paladin-standard-edition","title":"American Paladin by Larry Correia","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.ark-read-toggle .ark-read-less-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-more-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-less-label{display:inline}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.28em; line-height: 1.45;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonster-hunting vigilante Mike Spears must protect a paranormal events podcaster who has gotten too close to the truth from a well-armed, technologically equipped Aztec-like hit squad sent from a world ruled by a blood empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"ark-read-toggle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-more-label\"\u003eRead More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-less-label\"\u003eRead Less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a true-crime podcaster opens a door between worlds, legendary vigilante Mike Spears must stop an apocalyptic invasion of the American West—from Larry Correia, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling creator of \u003cem\u003eMonster Hunter International\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne Man to Step into Darkness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMike Spears is a vigilante, an expert in taking down the evil in our world one monstrous incursion at a time. He’s a man with a name only whispered in legend and only spoken aloud in desperate straits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the dark places of the modern American West—a West where mythic worlds roam the landscape like so many weather fronts. And when those fronts collide, horror spills out. Blood-soaked ground. Vanished neighbors. When the last shred of hope is nearly spent, there’s one man who will step into that darkness—and deal with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow a true-crime podcaster is closing in on the truth about Spears and the strange world he navigates, but she’s accidentally drawn something demonic through the door between worlds—a kill team from another deeply twisted reality. And, if Spears is right, these techno-Aztec operators are only the tip of an apocalyptic invasion set to bathe our land in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut first they’ll have to get past Spears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781945649554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Mike Spears is the quintessential Larry Correia hero—tough, flawed, and locked n’ loaded. The modern master of firearms and fantasy is back again, with another tale that the woke and the weak would never dare write. \u003cem\u003eAmerican Paladin\u003c\/em\u003e is a wild ride, with no apologies, one in the chamber, and the safety off.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kurt Schlichter, Townhall senior columnist, best-selling author of the People's Republic series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Burdened by knowledge and the scars of a life-changing incident in his teens, Spears accepts the mantle that nobody else wants, and commits himself to killing things that nobody else can. . . . 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Fans of cryptid lore should get a kick out of this working hero in America’s lonely places.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—David Hines, Daily Wire\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“It’s like a Jack Reacher or a \u003cem\u003eTerminal List\u003c\/em\u003e novel, only you're fighting ancient demons in control of the Aztec Empire who appear in America. A boots-on-the-ground, gritty, thriller feel, plus the urban fantasy feel where we're hunting demons and monsters. And that's awesome. I want a dozen more of these. A five-star read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—iSamwise Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The loner who has spent his life becoming dangerous and applies it to destroying nightmares resonates with a lot of people. . . . it's a good book with the gun guy as the good guy, with an honest reflection of how the criminal justice system doesn't get it right all the time, and how there really are monsters among us.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tom Knighton, Bearing Arms\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Larry Correia tells the simple truth . . . 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OYKEN","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.ark-read-toggle .ark-read-less-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-more-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-less-label{display:inline}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.28em; line-height: 1.45;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy\u003c\/em\u003e in this biting comic novel of one spy’s quest for justice—and a ray of truth—when he’s cast into a pit of bureaucratic vipers bent on never-ending expansion of the nest, even if they have to kill to do so.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"ark-read-toggle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-more-label\"\u003eRead More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-less-label\"\u003eRead Less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PICKLE FACTORY DEVOURS ITS OWN\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKRAY is a nonofficial cover CIA case officer—an overseas NOC operator who works without embassy backup, relying on nerve and ingenuity to recruit and run foreign agents. 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KRAY begins to glimpse that the one thing missing is actual spies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen seven CIA officers die in an overseas suicide bombing, top Headquarters apparatchiks spring into action—not to hit back, but to cover their own broad backsides. Meanwhile, KRAY’s career corkscrews downward. And his return to the field gives Headquarters the perfect opportunity to solve the KRAY problem. Permanently.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFast, sharp, and bone-dry funny, Sam R. OYKEN’s vast comic debut is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with a security clearance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with a nation on the line. Bureaucrats obsess over mandatory trainings, cafeteria upgrades, and birthday cakes, while competence quietly bleeds out in a corner. Underneath the laughs and the irony runs a hard moral line: contempt for cowardice, anger at waste, and respect for those who actually risk their lives for the country. 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On one hand, it has all the insidery intrigue conjured up by modern espionage greats such as John le Carré and Charles McCarry. On the other, it is an absurdist masterpiece that might owe a bigger debt to the paranoia and humane cynicism of literary postmodernists such as Pynchon and Vonnegut. By all rights, this mash-up should not work—but the result is both a provocative commentary on America’s out-of-control intelligence services and a laugh riot that makes Mick Herron’s \u003cem\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/em\u003e look like the very model of competence.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mark Hemingway, senior writer, RealClearInvestigations, review editor, \u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The real deal. With merciless wit, OYKEN exposes and pillories the stultifying banality of the mind-numbing, self-serving bureaucracy at CIA headquarters. The only obvious disinformation is the author’s disclaimer that he made it all up.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J. Michael Waller, author of \u003cem\u003eBig Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Sam R. OYKEN, or whatever his real name is, does to the CIA what Joseph Heller did to the Army Air Forces in \u003cem\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/em\u003e. Outsiders won’t believe it. Anyone who’s worked for the Agency, and in the operations side of the business in particular, will probably say: ‘damn right.’ It’s hard not to conclude CIA needs a flamethrower directed its way and rebuilt from scratch. The next time the CIA screws up, as it surely will, you can’t say Sam R. OYKEN didn’t warn you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Col. 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Scarred by World War III and its long, violent aftermath, they built farms, raised domes, forged alliances, and carried old grudges to a new world. Trade with the nearby Chinese enclaves brought prosperity for a time. But then trade becomes tribute—and tribute becomes force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Chinese armored columns grind across Karl’s Ramp and convoys are torn apart in the Chaos, Mars is plunged into war. The clans face an empire pressing down from above and rivalries tearing them apart from within. From isolated domes to the vastness of Martian plains and interplanetary space, war sparks into revolution as the struggle for hearth and home becomes a desperate attempt to form a new nation on an alien world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vast chronicle of clans and civilizations, of families too proud to yield, too divided to trust, and too determined to be ruled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first entry in the Red State interplanetary series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798991641555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Tough-as-nails pioneer families and a great sci-fi war story wrapped up in a huge epic of Mars’s fight for freedom. Loved it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Larry Correia, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Paladin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMonster Hunter International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Despite taking place on another planet, in a world of regular A.I. access, daily 3-D printing of goods, and commonplace drone usage, the Martians are faced with the same questions as our Founding Fathers in the late eighteenth century. They can live comfortably and peacefully with a collar on their necks and someone else’s hand in their wallets, or they can purchase the life they want with the most precious resources of all – blood, sweat, and tears. . . . \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e is an American saga through-and-through.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Just plain cool.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kurt Schlichter, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The stakes of [the American families’] survival kept me invested as the story unfolded, whether it was on the Martian surface, up in orbit, or back on Earth . . . . If you ever wanted Robert Heinlein to punch you in the teeth and question your testosterone levels, \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e is for you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Corcoran looks at how our current cultural tendencies will diverge given the opportunities and constraints of colonizing a new world. I was caught up in the squabbles of those rugged individualists, and hoping they'd pull together in time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Karl K. Gallagher, author of the Torchship Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Summoning tactical acumen, bloody-minded heroics, bug-nutty creativity, and sheer audacity, the citizens of the Nine Cities of Mars mount an astonishing resistance that brings the Earth's two great superpowers to loggerheads and births a new civilization in the bargain.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J. Daniel Sawyer, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eWhen She Was Gone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Corcoran takes the classic Heinlein juveniles off into the corner where he roughs them up with reality, complexity, and a refreshingly even hand toward the difficulties of balancing governance and freedom.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J.A. Sutherland, author of the Alexis Carew series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Engineering and explosions—everything I expect and love in a Corcoran science fiction adventure!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daniel Humphreys, author Z-Day series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“What you'd get if you cross-pollinated David Drake and Neal Stephenson, but Corcoran has tapped into a vein entirely his own—part hard science, part political saga, and all high-octane imagination.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rob Kroese, author of \u003cem\u003eMercury Falls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“This is a book about people’s love and loyalty to a place and each other. It gives us what a good story should: a perspective on ourselves and a view of where we might go from here. I am delighted, inspired, and even hopeful having read this book. It seized me, it pushed me, it scintillates with the possibilities of the future.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daniel M. Bensen\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Readers who enjoyed \u003cem\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eProject Hail Mary\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate the way science and engineering shape the plot. This is not a story where technology exists purely as window dressing. The political stakes are high, the military threat feels serious, and the characters are placed in situations that force them to grow, compromise and fight for what they believe in. It feels both classic and fresh, offering the kind of ambitious science fiction that rewards readers who enjoy detail, scale and consequence.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Epic Indie\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“It is … a pleasure to come across a book which shows how we Americans, the only great modern civilization, now falling back in confusion from our own achievements, might get our society back on track with such works.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Blaze Media Frontier\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Most science fiction books are painfully naive about politics . . . But Travis Corcoran isn’t just an author: he’s an elected official who knows those challenges all too well and builds tension with the heroes carefully watching who’s talking to whom to figure out how a vote may go. And as for the battle scenes, there are some terrific fights on the ground and in space, climaxing with perhaps the most audacious attack you’ll read in a novel this year and a thoroughly satisfying conclusion.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daily Wire\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTravis J.I. Corcoran’s\u003c\/strong\u003e debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Powers of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, and its follow-up, \u003cem\u003eCauses of Separation\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Prometheus Award for best novel two years running. Corcoran is also the author of \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e for Ark Press. He’s since published many other science fiction novels, and is also the author of hugely popular homesteading manual \u003cem\u003eEscape the City\u003c\/em\u003e. Corcoran resides with his wife and dogs on a 56-acre farm in New Hampshire, where he writes code, raises goats and pigs, and tinkers with cantankerous machinery, while also serving as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Ark Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52002469937441,"sku":"ARK-1555-PB-1","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/1550\/0321\/files\/ark-2027-red-state-mars-paperback_b54111b1-907b-481d-a48a-e89843da9fee.jpg?v=1787796842"},{"product_id":"american-warlord-by-kurt-schlichter","title":"American Warlord by Kurt Schlichter","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.ark-read-toggle .ark-read-less-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-more-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-less-label{display:inline}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.28em; line-height: 1.45;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter America falls, an overlooked trucking manager and student of Rome must become the warlord history demands to defeat the predators and rebuild civilization. From Kurt Schlichter, author of the hugely popular \u003cem\u003ePeople’s Republic\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"ark-read-toggle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-more-label\"\u003eRead More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-less-label\"\u003eRead Less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Man of Destiny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a different time, Vic Kinkaid would have helmed Apollo mission control or helped build Detroit on rolling metal. Instead, Vic is a nondescript middle manager at Samson Trucking, forced to answer to HR Karens and running a failing logistics operation in a crumbling world. He’s a widower who takes solace in reading about the past, particularly his beloved Roman history. Vic figures he’s just about \u003cem\u003edone\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the world isn’t done with \u003cem\u003eVic\u003c\/em\u003e. Shortages and riots intensify as a politically insane Washington stamps down on the American heartland. Then comes Covid-X.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVic emerges into a fallen world. Institutions are wiped away. The road belongs to predators. And the confused and delusional wait for a rescue that will never come. Now, as mounted raiders sweep across the ruins, sacking towns, taking slaves, and feeding on the remains, Vic reluctantly realizes that \u003cem\u003ehe’s\u003c\/em\u003e the man that history demands. It’s going to take a man with a plan. It will take a man who is willing to do whatever it takes to bring back civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s going to take a new American warlord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798901160800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 3, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“There are a lot of novels about surviving the apocalypse, but \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e is about rebuilding a shattered world with American grit and determination, from the perspective of the reluctant leader who rises to the occasion and makes the tough calls. It’s bad ass.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Larry Correia, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling creator of the \u003cem\u003eMonster Hunter International\u003c\/em\u003e series and author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Paladin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Once again, Kurt Schlichter has authored a page-turning thriller full of action, strong characters, and even a touch of humor. It's also unfortunately timely, and disturbingly instructive. Highly recommended!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Glenn H. Reynolds, founder of \u003cem\u003eInstapundit\u003c\/em\u003e and Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor at the University of Tennessee School of Law\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“A thriller that actually respects its audience, featuring Vic Kinkaid—a competent, history-savvy everyman who defends civilization with an M4, a love of Roman history, and Schlichter’s signature wit. Fast, fun, and fiercely conservative. This book reaffirms why normal Americans are the solution.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dana Loesch, host of the \u003cem\u003eDana Show\u003c\/em\u003e, best-selling author, and Second Amendment advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Kurt Schlichter, the voice of unapologetic conservatism, gives us a roaring tale of collapse and redemption. Vic Kincaid embodies the fighting spirit of real Americans: learned, lethal, and wry as hell. M4s crack and Roman lessons apply as Schlichter reaffirms an American truth: normal patriots save civilizations. Outstanding.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jesse Kelly, host of the Jesse Kelly radio show\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Most post-apocalyptic fiction asks how one man, or a man and his family, survive the wasteland. Kurt Schlichter—a retired infantry officer—asks a much more interesting question: how can American civilization survive and rebuild? His answer, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e, is simultaneously a thrilling adventure novel and a handbook on leadership, logistics, and fighting spirit for patriots.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Travis J. I. Corcoran, author of \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“A commander who uses strategy from John Boyd’s OODA Loop, Roman army discipline, teamwork, and logistics, and an ability to train and lead killers who believe in saving their civilization. Schlichter puts you through your paces!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rob Maness, radio host, author, and retired Air Force colonel\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Kurt Schlichter has presented a scenario that is eerily similar to current events and a bit too plausible for comfort. It’s a great tale of survival with some hard lessons learned by ‘everyman’ Vic as he sorts out his place in a fallen world. Schlichter reminds us that we will all need to embrace our inner Warlord. It's a great story with some fantastic lessons for us all.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Joe Dolio, author of the best-selling \u003cem\u003eTactical Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e preparedness series and U.S. Marine Corps veteran\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Kurt Schlichter, long a favorite of mine, has crafted a dystopian thriller with a way out, as well as a self-reliant deliverance from those constant ‘do-gooder elites’ we all wish would just stop already! The secret is a return to the first principles and practices of actual common-sense free people. It’s told charmingly, bluntly, and engagingly, as this master raconteur and brave voice has done before.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nick Cole, Dragon Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eGalaxy’s Edge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Pure adrenaline: America falls, but Vic Kincaid rises . . . smart, droll, and deadly with an M4. Schlichter’s humor cuts deep while reminding us that normal Americans still have the guts to fight back and win. This is mandatory reading for anyone who loves liberty and refuses to surrender.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tim Young, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Greatness\u003c\/em\u003e columnist, \u003cem\u003ePatriot Radio\u003c\/em\u003e host and commentator\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Schlichter and I were Guardsmen in the '92 L.A. Riots together—that conflagration serving as harbinger of civilization's fragile veneer that comes crashing down in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eMr. Smith Goes to Thunderdome\u003c\/em\u003e tale where greatness is thrust upon an American everyman who is forced to rebuild from the ashes.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Chuck DeVore, Texas Public Policy Foundation officer and author of novel \u003cem\u003eCrisis of the House Never United\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“A salutary reminder that not only is civilization fragile, but that the measure of a man is his ability to defend and restore it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—H. W. Crocker III, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eTriumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, A 2,000 Year History\u003c\/em\u003e, and WW II thriller \u003cem\u003eKruger's Korps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKurt Schlichter\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the People’s Republic series of conservative action thrillers and of nonfiction such as \u003cem\u003eWe’ll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America\u003c\/em\u003e. A senior columnist for \u003cem\u003eTownhall\u003c\/em\u003e, he often appears as a commentator on Fox News, Newsmax, and other platforms, discussing legal, political, cultural, and military topics, and is a frequent guest host for Hugh Hewitt, Joe Piscopo, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKurt splits his time between Los Angeles and Houston with his wife, Irina, and favors red wine, red meat, and .45-caliber pistols.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Ark Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53393478779169,"sku":"ARK-0800-HC","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/1550\/0321\/files\/american-warlord-kurt-schlichter-square-mockup_fb4c7cf2-6bca-4a78-bebc-6065c8f06f4a.png?v=1787816949"},{"product_id":"american-warlord-by-kurt-schlichter-signed-bookplate-edition","title":"American Warlord by Kurt Schlichter (Signed Bookplate Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSigned Bookplate Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover edition comes with a custom-designed bookplate, signed by Kurt Schlichter. Limited to 500 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.ark-read-toggle .ark-read-less-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-more-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-less-label{display:inline}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.28em; line-height: 1.45;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter America falls, an overlooked trucking manager and student of Rome must become the warlord history demands to defeat the predators and rebuild civilization. From Kurt Schlichter, author of the hugely popular \u003cem\u003ePeople’s Republic\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"ark-read-toggle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-more-label\"\u003eRead More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-less-label\"\u003eRead Less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Man of Destiny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a different time, Vic Kinkaid would have helmed Apollo mission control or helped build Detroit on rolling metal. Instead, Vic is a nondescript middle manager at Samson Trucking, forced to answer to HR Karens and running a failing logistics operation in a crumbling world. He’s a widower who takes solace in reading about the past, particularly his beloved Roman history. Vic figures he’s just about \u003cem\u003edone\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the world isn’t done with \u003cem\u003eVic\u003c\/em\u003e. Shortages and riots intensify as a politically insane Washington stamps down on the American heartland. Then comes Covid-X.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVic emerges into a fallen world. Institutions are wiped away. The road belongs to predators. And the confused and delusional wait for a rescue that will never come. Now, as mounted raiders sweep across the ruins, sacking towns, taking slaves, and feeding on the remains, Vic reluctantly realizes that \u003cem\u003ehe’s\u003c\/em\u003e the man that history demands. It’s going to take a man with a plan. It will take a man who is willing to do whatever it takes to bring back civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s going to take a new American warlord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798901160800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 3, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“There are a lot of novels about surviving the apocalypse, but \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e is about rebuilding a shattered world with American grit and determination, from the perspective of the reluctant leader who rises to the occasion and makes the tough calls. It’s bad ass.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Larry Correia, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling creator of the \u003cem\u003eMonster Hunter International\u003c\/em\u003e series and author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Paladin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Once again, Kurt Schlichter has authored a page-turning thriller full of action, strong characters, and even a touch of humor. It's also unfortunately timely, and disturbingly instructive. Highly recommended!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Glenn H. Reynolds, founder of \u003cem\u003eInstapundit\u003c\/em\u003e and Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor at the University of Tennessee School of Law\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“A thriller that actually respects its audience, featuring Vic Kinkaid—a competent, history-savvy everyman who defends civilization with an M4, a love of Roman history, and Schlichter’s signature wit. Fast, fun, and fiercely conservative. This book reaffirms why normal Americans are the solution.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dana Loesch, host of the \u003cem\u003eDana Show\u003c\/em\u003e, best-selling author, and Second Amendment advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Kurt Schlichter, the voice of unapologetic conservatism, gives us a roaring tale of collapse and redemption. Vic Kincaid embodies the fighting spirit of real Americans: learned, lethal, and wry as hell. M4s crack and Roman lessons apply as Schlichter reaffirms an American truth: normal patriots save civilizations. Outstanding.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jesse Kelly, host of the Jesse Kelly radio show\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Most post-apocalyptic fiction asks how one man, or a man and his family, survive the wasteland. Kurt Schlichter—a retired infantry officer—asks a much more interesting question: how can American civilization survive and rebuild? His answer, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e, is simultaneously a thrilling adventure novel and a handbook on leadership, logistics, and fighting spirit for patriots.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Travis J. I. Corcoran, author of \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“A commander who uses strategy from John Boyd’s OODA Loop, Roman army discipline, teamwork, and logistics, and an ability to train and lead killers who believe in saving their civilization. Schlichter puts you through your paces!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rob Maness, radio host, author, and retired Air Force colonel\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Kurt Schlichter has presented a scenario that is eerily similar to current events and a bit too plausible for comfort. It’s a great tale of survival with some hard lessons learned by ‘everyman’ Vic as he sorts out his place in a fallen world. Schlichter reminds us that we will all need to embrace our inner Warlord. It's a great story with some fantastic lessons for us all.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Joe Dolio, author of the best-selling \u003cem\u003eTactical Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e preparedness series and U.S. Marine Corps veteran\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Kurt Schlichter, long a favorite of mine, has crafted a dystopian thriller with a way out, as well as a self-reliant deliverance from those constant ‘do-gooder elites’ we all wish would just stop already! The secret is a return to the first principles and practices of actual common-sense free people. It’s told charmingly, bluntly, and engagingly, as this master raconteur and brave voice has done before.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nick Cole, Dragon Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eGalaxy’s Edge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Pure adrenaline: America falls, but Vic Kincaid rises . . . smart, droll, and deadly with an M4. Schlichter’s humor cuts deep while reminding us that normal Americans still have the guts to fight back and win. This is mandatory reading for anyone who loves liberty and refuses to surrender.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tim Young, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Greatness\u003c\/em\u003e columnist, \u003cem\u003ePatriot Radio\u003c\/em\u003e host and commentator\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Schlichter and I were Guardsmen in the '92 L.A. 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Crocker III, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eTriumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, A 2,000 Year History\u003c\/em\u003e, and WW II thriller \u003cem\u003eKruger's Korps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKurt Schlichter\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the People’s Republic series of conservative action thrillers and of nonfiction such as \u003cem\u003eWe’ll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America\u003c\/em\u003e. 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