By Means of Peace by Don Johnston
A third-party candidate, Reuben Rogov, wins the presidency. During his first term, he brings peace to the Mideast, stares down Russia and China, solves the border crisis, and conquers the Phoenix-75 virus. Due to his unparalleled success, he is viewed as a sociopolitical messiah, and no opponent dares to run against him.
Once Rogov secures his second term by acclamation, multiple problems arise. Though most Americans still trust the President, some are beginning to think he is creating problems to control them.
A young Houston couple, Darien and Marisa, are caught up in this melee. Marisa, a budding politician, moves to Washington to work for NatGov, but Darien, a struggling sci-fi author, stays behind. Chaos disrupts their lives as they attempt to maintain a long-distance relationship.
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Author Bio:
I was born in East Texas a long time ago and grew up with a sister and a brother.
At five years old, I found a tattered science book with several pages missing. The first intact page showed a monarch butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. I believe that incident was the ah-ha moment that drew me into the world of science.
Upon graduating from high school, I joined the Air Force and served as a jungle survival instructor in Panama for three years. Following my military service, I enrolled in college and got married. After graduating with a degree in chemistry and biology, we moved to Houston where our only child, a son, was born.
During the early years of my career, I wrote numerous technical articles and research reports. However, during that time, I wrote no fiction.
Seventy-five years after the monarch butterfly incident, I retired from the corporate world and began to write as a hobby. My first novel, The Dar Lumbre Chronicles, was published in 2018, and I’ve been writing ever since. The Alamogordo Connection was my second novel, and By Means of Peace was my third. The next one, Moonbeams and Microchips, is in progress.