Sixteen year old Eisa McCarthy lives in Caliphate City under the control of the radical Islamic group, the Ghuraba. Seven years ago General Mohammad bin-Rasulullah defeated the United States in a ruthless betrayal and set up their worldwide Caliphate in the ruins of Washington, D.C. The Ghuraba's supreme holy leader, the Abu al-Ghuraba, claims Eisa's father gave him control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, a claim bolstered by the smoldering ashes of many cities and her Syrian-born mother's testimony. But after her mother is accused of apostasy, she learns her father may not be the 'martyr' the Ghuraba claim.
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Do the Ghuraba really possess the launch codes for the ICBM missiles? Or did her father 'lock them out' as Colonel Everhart, the rebel commander, wants her to tell the world? If she fights, the Ghuraba will kill her little sister, but if she doesn't, eventually the Ghuraba will hack in and nuke them all. All Eisa has are a string of Muslim prayer beads and a pre-Islamic myth her father told her the night he disappeared.
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The fate of the world, and her little sister's life, hang in the balance as Eisa sorts through ancient myth, her Muslim faith, and what really happened the night the Ghuraba seized control.
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"The parallels the author draws between the current landscape in Syria and Iraq and a future United States are unsettling, as they portray present-day atrocities with unflinching accuracy…" —Dale Amidei, 'Jon's Trilogy'
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"Disturbingly accurate in the description of a male dominated ISIS society … when [Eisa] swears she will make a widow out of her sister, you can feel her anguish and her determination not to be helpless anymore … Reading the book made me glad that this was just a novel … then it struck me … hundreds of women live through such time each day in the world today…" —Candy Laine, 'The Pune Diaries'
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"Beautifully written, thought provoking, and scarily germane to today's current political climate. This book gives readers a real taste of what life would be like if ISIS ever rose to power on American soil. Highly recommend…" —Reader review
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"A thought provoking scenario of what life would be like if Muslim terrorists were able to control a part of the United States. Given the continual flow of undocumented, loosely vetted Muslims into the country and their refusal to assimilate that possibility is not beyond possible…" —Reader review
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"This story is intense, extremely interesting and is a page turner. The reality of its depth will leave the reader rather shaken, realizing that these battles are going on today in some countries…" —Reader review
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"This haunting view of a potential future captured my attention from beginning to end…" —Reader review
