THE ONLY THING TO FEAR

David Poyer

• 13 mei 2026
• 9781937997076

Samenvatting:

"A flight of the historical imagination that will leave readers dazzled " -- Thomas Fleming

"Solid research buttresses Poyer's latest, a consistently engrossing WWII novel featuring FDR and skinny naval officer John Fitzgerald Kennedy. " - Publisher's Weekly

"A consistently readable, fast-paced, intelligent tour of the elite politics of the U.S. as World War II drew to a close." - Booklist

It is the apocalyptic spring of 1945. Navy Reserve lieutenant John F. Kennedy, convalescing from action in the Pacific, is transferred to President Franklin Roosevelt's personal staff. But Kennedy finds Washington is more than cocktail parties, easy tail, and press conferences when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Fleet Admiral Leahy, assigns him a classified undercover mission that turns into a deadly race to stop the unthinkable -- a possible assassin in the White House.

With the help of Lauren Wolfe, a beautiful actress and FDR admirer, and Secret Service head Mike Reilly, Kennedy must turn detective, as the clock ticks down to the fateful moment when a shadowy but determined traitor will attempt to forever alter the course of history.

Nearly fifty of David Poyer’s novels and works of creative nonfiction are in print with major publishers. They include the Dan Lenson modern Navy novels, the Hemlock County novels, and the Tiller Galloway diving adventures. He’s been translated into Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish, and rights have been sold for films. Writers he mentored during his university teaching career have been taken on by major literary agencies, published by major houses, appeared on New York Times Top Ten bestseller lists, won the International Latino Book award and other prizes, and become college teachers. His latest are The Academy, published by St. Martin’s/Macmillan last December, and Writing In The Age of AI and Writing Your Memoir in the Age of AI, from Northampton House last July. He currently serves as core faculty at the Ossabaw Writers Retreat.

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