The Final Warning is an arresting and timely contemporary thriller from a master story-teller. Steeped in conspiracy, diverse characters and an incredibly deft knowledge of American consciousness, it is at times disturbing, at others heart-warming, at times light-hearted and at others unbelievably significant.As an insidious plot threatens to bring the world's most powerful country to its knees, the besieged President of the United States of America dares not reveal that American freedom is hanging by a tether. Meanwhile, young White House intern Chuck Pavel is launched terrified into the front line in a desperate effort to forestall the threat before it's too late.Is freedom already lost? Or is there something deeper, and far darker, going wrong between the stars and the stripes?Peter Isdell-Carpenter's debut novel is a must-have for anyone suffering from news exhaustion, who wonders how it will all end, and what might be next for the fracturing West. The Final Warning is as shocking as it is plausible and will leave you open-mouthed.