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2054, Part I: Death of a President
“They had, quite swiftly, begun an algorithmic scrub of any narrative of the president suffering a health emergency, burying those stories.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.
Castro gripped both sides of the dais, its front emblazoned with the seal of the president of the United States, as he extolled the virtues of those whose “sacrifices are woven into the firmament of our nation,” mentioning names familiar to Chowdhury: Rear Admiral Sarah Hunt, Commander Jane Morris, Major Chris “Wedge” Mitchell. Another observed, “His hands-on leadership style, while benefiting the American people, could impinge on his health …” That soft sycophancy was everywhere these days, a far cry from Chowdhury’s time in the White House, when the media was quick to inflate even the most benign misstep into a full-blown constitutional crisis. Unlike the old days, with the endless immigration lines and platoons of Homeland Security agents stamping passports, the commercial terminal now required you to simply step onto an auto-walk, which trundled you through a concourse the length of a couple football fields.
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