Blowback: James Patterson's Best Thriller in Years
A brilliant American president is also a psychopath.�He has his finger on the red button. And he�s about to start a world war with our most dangerous enemy. Put your finger on the�order�button. Push it to read James Patterson�s best and scariest novel yet.�.
US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences..
Barrett personally orders CIA agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they�ve sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..
When the threat comes directly from the Oval Office, that�s where the blowback begins..
This years ornament honors Lyndon Baines Johnson. LBJ took office in January, 1961 as Vice President to John F Kennedy. When JFK was assassinated in November 1963, Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.
One side of the ornament features a painting of the 1967 Blue Room Christmas Tree. Mrs. Johnson requested that Robert H. Laessig, a designer for American Greetings, paint the official Christmas tree in the Blue Room for their card that year.
On the other side of the ornament, there is a quote from President Johnson: " Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man." The flowers encircling the quote are inspired by Lady Bird Johnson's beautification programs on the White House Grounds and throughout Washington, D.C. There are Texas bluebonnets - a favorite of Mrs. Johnson and the official state flower of Texas.
