The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States

from arubabookwoman

When I was much younger, reading books about nuclear war and about survival after such a war was my guilty reading pleasure. I devoured them all. But as we moved away from the Cold War, such novels began to appear last often, and I now read very little post-apocalyptic fiction. I came across this...

from RickGeissal

This is a horrifying and well-done suggestion of how a blue-ribbon commission would investigate what went wrong that led to a nuclear war started by North Korea, resulting in millions dead. The author is an international relations expert, and this seems very real.

from arewenotben

Extremely readable and frequently terrifying, especially with almost everything being rooted in fact and linked back to true events. It essentially reads like a thriller with footnotes. Wasn't so keen on the scenes with Trump as Lewis never really captures his voice quite right, which takes you o...

from writemoves

I skimmed through this story in one day. Much of this speculative story appears plausible given that Trump is the President. Story begins when North Korea mistakenly shoots down South Korean commercial flight filed with kids headed for a trip. South Korea retaliates, without consulting U.S. and t...

from

I couldn't put it down! An incredibly realistic portrait of a very imaginable situation. And a wake-up call to those who feel diplomacy via Twitter is not harmful. Lewis penned a fast moving story about how an entirely plausible accident escalates to nuclear war. Very believable. Very frightening...