Six Days

I didn’t think I would enjoy this book but it kept me enthralled. The characters were interesting and at times Sheila is just annoyingly lacking common sense. But that leads to additional plot twists. It is rather frightening to thing something like this could actually happen.

Brendan Dubois' "Six Days" is a mostly well-written thriller about a former Special Forces operative who stumbles upon a plan by radical right-wing elements in the government and military to seize control of the U.S. The title recalls the great thriller  Seven Days in May  written by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II in 1962, and the book has some similar themes.The book was written in 2002 and takes place in the near future. American power is in decline and the economy is hurting. Dubois' hero here is Drew Conner, a former Special Forces vet turned military contractor who has retired to New Hampshire after a traumatic battlefield experience and is camping in the woods with his girlfriend, Sheila. As they are hiking back to their car after several days in the woods, Drew and Sheila stumble upon a small, unmanned, unmarked concrete bunker that looks like a military command center. Unbeknownst to them, the bunker is part of a plan by a group of hard core religious right-wingers to stage a coup and take over the U.S. A plan that will occur in 6 days. The novel follows Drew and Sheila as they move from being unwitting players in the game to the two who can stop they whole thing.What Dubois does best here is the world-building. This America is taking in refugees from a Quebecois civil war in Cadana, gas is expensive and the President has not been seen in public for some time since a very unfortunate incident involving the White House Rose Garden. There was a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, which is fleshed out a bit in some terrifying flashbacks. It's an alternate American future as seen through 2002. The only problems I had with the book involved the dialog and the cliched nature of the characters. Dubois hits the read over the head with the reason the bad guy we spend most of the book with wants to help the villains "take back" America, Suffice to say, Dubois does not think much of the Religious Right or militias. Also, another character in the book might as well be Colin Powell, and Drew's internal dialog sounds a bit off to my ear, always referring to Sheila as "his woman", like it's a western or something, But the fast-paced nature of the book, the twists and turns, and the final outcome, are all well-written, and given who the villains are and their plan for their coup, the plot is easy enough to believe. This book is not as strong as Dubois' alternate history of the Cuban Missile Crisis,  Resurrection Day  or his series of mysteries, but it's a solid read and for $2.99 on the Kindle, quite a good deal.

I hesitated in buying this book for a while...the description didn't do a lot for me, but I was looking for something to read and I've read a book by this author and thought I'd give it a shot.I'm happy I did.It's a fast paced thriller with everything you'd expect from a Tom Clancy or similar author's novel.My only regret is that it concludes without a sequel...a positive in one way (how many Kindle books simply set you up to buy the next one these days) but a negative because I would love to see more books with these characters.You won't regret buying it.

When I began reading this I became uncomfortable with the story line. But it is so well written I was hooked, and glad I stayed to the finish.

I much more enjoy his Lewis Cole protagonist. This penning? not so much

A skin headed, militia member who thinks the USA is a Xristian nation - you'll hate this book. If you're the opposite, like me - enjoy!

Page Turner. Got involved with the main characters. Plausible plot for these times. Bad guys get what they got coming. Good guys survive, happily. Close shaves. Twists and turns. Explosions, gun fights. Plots. Betrayals. Surprises in the nick of time. What's not to like?

This book is just right for the time. It shows how good intentions can go bad and how we the people must push OUR will on OUR government. The framers left us that option and if we give it up it is our own fault. Government needs to come to heel!

Great book ... can't put it down

Prompt delivery, great stuff thanks

read this a few years ago in paperback.great to read it again in kindle.first class novel.makes you think doesn't it.have read other novels by this author.

The text was badly published..words wrong or missing.Very confusing when paragraphs jumped from one place to another...one plot to another.

All Brendan DuBois books are first class gripping stories this one is one of his best and could happen here. !!!