The Last President

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Copyright © 2013 by John Barnes.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barnes, John, 1957–

The Last President / John Barnes. — First Edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-937007-15-7

1. United States. President—Fiction. 2. Political fiction. I. Title.

PS3552.A677L37 2013

813'.54—dc23

2013010547

FIRST EDITION: September 2013

Cover illustration © Craig White.

Cover design by Judith Lagerman.

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