Twentieth Century Limited Book Two ~ Age of Reckoning: A Novel

Vietnam vet turned award-winning journalist, Paul Bernard, critiques American society and the radical right. After condemning the Bush administration post-9/11, he's killed in Iraq under mysterious circumstances. His life, intertwined with mentor Augustus F.X. Flynn's story, prompts a quest for truth about his death. Book Two explores Bernard's oil expertise, his insights into America's Middle East dependency, and his pivotal coverage of European political shifts and the Gulf War, leading to his critical stance on the Iraq War and his dramatic end.

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About the Author: Jan David Blais
Jan David Blais is an American author, lawyer and aviation expert. He is the author of TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED, a historical novel in two Books, the story of a courageous newsman who dares to speak out about the partisan division plaguing America. He also has written FLIGHT PATH - A NOVEL, a thriller set in the chaotic early days of airline deregulation, which pits one of the world's great airlines, New York's BellAir, against a stubborn regional airline that resists its takeover schemes.

Blais is married, has two children, and lives in Watertown, MA.
Overcoming disabling injuries, Vietnam vet Paul Bernard becomes an award-winning journalist and television newsman known for holding a mirror to American society. Long critical of the radical right, after 9-11 Bernard attacks the Bush administration for Osama bin Laden's escape and leading the nation into a disastrous war. On assignment in Iraq, Bernard is killed under suspicious circumstances. Interwoven with the account of his life is an interview of his mentor, Professor Augustus F.X. Flynn, by a magazine writer profiling him. Frustrated by Washington's inaction, the two set out to find the truth about the killing.

In Book Two, Paul Bernard has become an oil expert and a critic of America's Middle East dependency. His experiences as a correspondent in Paris and Moscow are related in this Book, his coverage of the great year 1989 in Europe, the Gulf War. Bernard's move to television news is marked by growing clashes with the radical right, culminating in his controversial stance against the Iraq War and the dramatic final events of the story.

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