Blue Dawn

By: Blaine L. Pardoe

Narrated by: Edward Thornton

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Almost five years ago, America—as everyone knew it—came to an abrupt end in a spectacular coup d'état. It was called the Liberation by those progressives and radicals that screamed for its outcome; the Fall by its victims whose freedoms were trampled. The White House and the Capitol were overrun by anarchists, and the leaders of the once-proud nation were either imprisoned or sent to social quarantine camps.

The president was arrested and eventually died in prison, or so everyone was led to believe. America was rebooted in a new progressive/socialist image, Newmerica. The United States of old was gone, its history erased and rewritten, its icons destroyed. By the time people tried to organize resistance, it was too late. The citizens lost their history, their flag, their traditions, their freedoms, and their leaders. Newmerica is a state of reparations, citizens turning on citizens, where even the churches are targets of social justice.

Five years later, an unlikely group of patriots emerges from the shadows seeking a restoration of their nation. Two secret service agents struggle with their secrets from the night of the Fall. One son of a patriotic college professor struggles with his father’s legacy and the important artifacts that his father managed to preserve. A young man finds himself face-to-face with the lies the Newmerica government has told him and forced to become a fugitive. A covert operative of the new government seeks out the truth about the "traitor-President’s" fate while coming to terms with her own dark past. Twists of fate or destiny bring these people together with the mission of trying to save what is left of the once-United States.

Time is running out as the forces of the government hunt down this group of renegades, hoping to smother, once and for all, any trace of what was America.

©2021 Blaine Pardoe (P)2022 Blaine Pardoe

FANTASTIC book!

Blaine L. Pardoe is one of my favorite authors and he did great with the beginning of this series!

this is a great book.

I had heard of this Series for over a Year before Deciding to spend my Monthly Credit on it.I should have gotten it a long time ago!!

Different Narrator needed

I must say the story was fantastic, and very scary, scary in the sense that how easily we can fall in this evil dystopian world, if American citizens do not wake up and smell the coffee. While we still can, vote for freedom not reparations, free college tuition, free health care, etc., remember my fellow Americans, and I am not a natural born American citizen, I was born in Italy, albeit I was 6 years old when I came to America, nothing is free, there is always a price to pay. I hope more Americans listen to or read this book, if nothing else it may open up your eyes to a possible hell on earth. Having said all that, I wish they chose someone else to narrate this book, every character, male, female, young or old sounded like a 90 year old man with a smoking problem, most times you could not tell which character was a man or a woman. With these exceptions this audible book could have easily garnered 5 stars, I don't know, maybe they should get a woman to narrate this particular story.

Thrilling Novel; Sub-Par performance.

Exciting, entertaining, imaginable. Held back by the narration. Frequent changes in volume, cadence, and tone. As well as mispronunciations. Altogether, still a thorough recommendation.

Blue Dawn

Great read of fiction mixed with real scenarios that have happened but if the had gone a little different…..

Such a good writer reader team

Great listen as always. Please keep them coming this partnership is amazing, and I can't wait for the next title

!AMERICAN AF!

Amazing performance, beyond AMAZING and CAPTIVATING story. Perfect ending and setup for the upcoming sequel. Without a single doubt this should have become a mini series, bravo! Thank You Mr Pardoe for your amazing story telling and writing, and to the narrator who did an excellent job!

a fun what if

A well written book, but if you are left leaning you may find this book rubs you the wrong way and not worth your time. I liked it not because of ideology, but the writers skill. That said I hope his what if is just a fantasy, and no extremists get to create this story in real life.

Although fiction I can see it unfolding in reality

Loved it. The fiction story seems quite plausible. Human nature repeats itself throughout history. Blue Dawn is worth the read.

Alternative history thriller

Pardoe plunges the reader into an alternative reality in which extreme ideologues overthrow the US government and control society. He braids the lives of multiple characters to examine the different aspects of this alternative society. Pardoe is eager to explicitly comment on politics, such as the way the Youth Corp pays members based on oppression or the police have been disbanded for being too racist and in their place exists para-military that terrorize dissidents. Pardoe’s writing is expository in style. I particularly appreciated that each character had a unique personal characteristic even if they were very minor. I also enjoyed the badass, vivid descriptions in the action scenes: as the reader, I had a hard time predicting who would win the fight which kept me in my toes. Pardoe is very explicit with his conservative political commentary and I respect a bold writer.