America 2040
America 2040 is a science fiction book series by Evan Innes, a pen name for Hugh Zachary.
Locked in a fierce struggle with the Soviets and on the brink of nuclear annihilation, the United States sends a courageous group of men and women on a mission into the uncharted realms of outer space.
Summaries
America 2040
Dexter Hamilton was born in North Carolina in 1987. He became governor, senator and the President of the United States in 2033. He is the first American President to travel to the Soviet Union to meet the Soviet Premier Yuri Kolchak to talk over weapons of war along with his Secretary of State, George Maxwell. These two men are accompanied by Soviet General Theresa Pulaski. Hamilton and Maxwell go back to Washington DC to figure out what happened in the Soviet Union during their summit meeting. They decide to use Project Lightstep and rhenium fuel for ships heading to space in the near future.Eight years later in 2040, the shuttle known as Spirit of America is preparing to launch to find the new frontier. Shuttle commander Duncan Rodrick along with his crew Jackie Garvey, Rocky Miller and his wife Mandy along with Pat Renfro, Jack Purdy and his wife Dinah are heading for the frontier while the Clay Girard and his dog, Jumper, want to be part of this until their deaths.