And the Last Trump Shall Sound
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Author | Harry Turtledove, James K. Morrow and Cat Rambo |
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Language | English |
Genre | Alternate history |
Publisher | CAEZIK SF & Fantasy |
Publication date | September 22, 2020 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | E-book and print (paperback) |
And the Last Trump Shall Sound is an American alternate history book written by Harry Turtledove, James K. Morrow and Cat Rambo.[1] The book contains three stories: Turtledove wrote "The Breaking of Nations", Morrow wrote "The Purloined Republic" and Rambo wrote "Because it is Bitter". The title is a reference to 1 Corinthians 15:52.
Plot
During his presidency, Donald Trump would be reelected in the 2020 presidential election, but would die during a second coronavirus outbreak in 2024. As a result of his death, Vice President Mike Pence would succeed him and would oversee the actions of the United States being transformed into a right-wing, Christian fundamentalist, authoritarian state and would eventually lead to the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington seceding from the US and forming their own nation called Pacifica.
Pence would be elected to a full term in 2024 and reelected in 2028 with Lindsey Graham as his vice president. During his presidency. Roe v. Wade would be overturned in 2026 with abortions being criminalized and thousands of women dying as a result of illegal procedures, concentration camps were established near the US-Mexican border to imprison migrants, illegal immigrants and political opponents, non-Christians including Jews, Muslims and Sikhs fall victim to fatal religious and racist attacks, and LGBTQ+ peoples are persecuted and eventually classified as sex offenders.
The United States Congress becomes a Republican-dominated rubber stamp, state autonomy in Democratic states become undermined with state governments being removed and replaced for non-compliance, Christian fundamentalism is endorsed by the federal government, and news broadcasters including CNN and MSNBC became right-wing subsidiaries of Fox known as Fox-CNN and Fox-MSNBC, respectively, while The New York Times gets shut down completely as part of restrictions on freedom of the press.
Pence would eventually work around the Twenty-second Amendment by running as Vice President on the bottom of the Republican ticket with Devin Nunes in 2032. The ticket would win and Nunes would resign from the presidency shortly after taking office, allowing Pence to retake the presidency and to appoint Rick Santorum as his new vice president.
References
- ^ "Goodreads.com: And the Last Trump Shall Sound". www.goodreads.com.
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- A World of Difference
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- The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump
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- "Topanga and the Chatsworth Lancers"
- "Uncle Alf"
- "Vilcabamba"
- "Zigeuner"
- Atlantis and Other Places
- Counting Up, Counting Down
- Departures
- Earthgrip
- Kaleidoscope
- Reincarnations
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