The Apocalypse Directive

by Douglas MacKinnon

Book Overview

President of the United States Shelby Robertson is in the third year of his second term. His time in office is running out. Four-star general Wayne Mitchell is the man in charge of the nation's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843960884
• ISBN13: 9780843960884
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Very scary because so much of it is already happening

I rarely read novels, but did read this one because, although a work of fiction, it's based on the Pentagon's Christian Embassy, a real life group exposed a few years back by the organization I work for, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). From the first page, where MacKinnon, in DaVinci Code fashion, presents a "fact list," and throughout the book, the examples of the fundamentalist Christian infiltration of our military are real. I know this because I took part in uncovering some of them, having worked for MRFF since the tail end of the Christian Embassy scandal, when the DoD Inspector General found seven officers, including four generals, guilty of violating multiple regulations by appearing in the infamous Christian Embassy promotional video, a video from which MacKinnon directly draws dialogue for a meeting of his book's "Christian Ambassadors." The president in MacKinnon's fictional administration, set in a time in the not too distant future in which the current wars are not only still going on, but more terrorist attacks have occurred here at home, is a fundamentalist Christian who believes he receives his instructions directly from Jesus. The instruction he gets as his second term is coming to an end is to bring on the apocalypse. The president, along with his fellow Christian Ambassador and former Air Force Academy classmate, now an Air Force general, lead the way to put into motion a plan to annihilate most of the world. At one point, MacKinnon goes back in time to when the president and the general met, describing the fundamentalist influence at the Air Force Academy that sowed the seeds for these two cadets to blossom into religious zealots who, decades later, see it as their duty to their savior to destroy a sinful world. This look back into the "past" is, in reality, the present day climate at the Academy. The details are pulled from actual news reports of investigations initiated by MRFF. The Christian indoctrination by the fictional Commandant of Cadets, the "I am a member of Team Jesus Christ" banner in the locker room, and the unrestricted access of the mega-churches surrounding the Academy to the cadets, are, unfortunately, all quite real. Just how intertwined are the Colorado Springs mega-churches and the Air Force Academy? Well, Focus on the Family members, for example, were permitted to use the Academy's firing range until MRFF stepped in. As a former Campus Crusade for Christ Air Force Academy program director said in a promotional video filmed at the Academy, Campus Crusade's purpose is to "make Jesus Christ the issue at the Academy" and for the cadets to be "government paid missionaries" when they leave. Campus Crusade, the parent organization of the Pentagon's Christian Embassy, is also alive and well at all of the largest enlisted basic training installations, where they teach new recruits that "The Military = 'God's Ministers'" and that one of their responsibilities is "To punish those who do evil" as

First-rate!

Having read "America's Last Days" earlier this year, I eagerly anticipated Doug MacKinnon's lastest offering, "The Apocalypse Diective." I was not disappointed! This is an interesting, fast-paced thriller. I hope you enjoy it too.

One Great Read

Once I started Mr. MacKinnon's book, I couldn't put it down. I read a lot of political thrillers but this was one of the best. It makes you think and that makes you afraid because it could really happen. Mr. MacKinnon's understanding of how things work "inside the beltway" make this book one of the best books I have read for a long time. I encourage anyone who has a few hours to stay glued to your chair to read this book. It will make you take a closer look at what is happening today.

Tight, fast-paced thriller

I read this over the course of a few long train rides, and it passed the time quite quickly. The premise is that religious fanatics ascend to the highest levels of government, and attempt to use America's nuclear arsenal to bring about the endtimes. In MacKinnon's skillful, knowledgeable hands that premise seems frighteningly plausible. Thoroughly entertaining.