First third was slow, then started to pick up at about 45% in. Truthfully, the whole book was a lead-up to the "address" which probably was the whole reason to write the story. The premise of the crisis, though, was terrifyingly real.

I kind of wish he had written it anonymously. I kept seeing him instead of the fictional prez. And unfortunately I didn’t care for the audible version, the only way I read these days. Dennis Quaid is one of my favorite actors, but he did not do well with the story because his voice was so raspy, I couldn’t always understand the words.