TY - BOOK AU - Ackerman,Elliot TI - 2054: a novel SN - 9780241694961 (paperback) AV - FIC PS3601 ACK PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - Viking, an imprint of Penguin books KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Presidents N2 - The year is 2054. It is twenty years after the nuclear war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. The new American Dream Party has emerged in the US and held power for over a decade. Many fear the president will stop at nothing to remain in the White House. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. After a flurry of misinformation, the administration reluctantly announces his death. A cover-up ensues, conspiracy theories spread like wildfire and the country descends into civil war ER -