The Demonstration
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
- Softcover
- New
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
AbeBooks seller since October 27, 2023
Condition: New
£ 21.73
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Print on Demand.
Seller Inventory # I-9798188261078
- Title
- The Demonstration
- Author
- Devine, James J
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798188261078
A nation's darkest hour. A general's impossible choice. And the only weapon that could save them both.
In the autumn of 2026, America is at war with Iran. The bombs have fallen. The Strait is closed. And in a basement beneath Tehran, a dying general launches the most audacious intelligence operation in modern history—an operation that will place fifty-two operatives inside the American homeland, poised to strike.
But what they carry is not what anyone expects.
In a dry cleaners in Ohio, a family of Iranian immigrants who have spent nineteen years building an American life receives a phone call they prayed would never come. In a cubicle at Langley, a veteran intelligence officer named Marion Voss notices a word in an intercepted message that no one else can see. And in a brownstone in Washington, a president whose authority is built on fear and grievance faces the one thing he cannot tolerate: being laughed at.
THE DEMONSTRATION is a work of political fiction that asks the question history has never answered: when the trigger is in your hand, what stays it?
Based on documented historical events—from the 1953 CIA coup that toppled Iran's democracy to the Iran-Contra arms deals, the downing of Iran Air Flight 655, the abandoned JCPOA nuclear agreement, and the unprovoked war that followed—this novel imagines a moment of reckoning, and projects forward into a plausible near-future conclusion to an ongoing war. What happens when an adversary with every reason to destroy America chooses to teach the world an important lesson—and proves it, in plain sight, on our own soil?
Drawing on James J. Devine's years as a political strategist, The Demonstration is both a gripping thriller and a profound meditation on power, truth, and what happens when a nation's intelligence apparatus can no longer recognize the truth when it sees it.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
California Books
Miami, FL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 27, 2023
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 3 to 7 business days | 2 to 5 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 0.00 | £ 9.04 |
Payment methods
Store description
We have 20 years experience selling books worldwide! Friendly customer support. Your satisfaction guaranteed!
Specialty
All authorized categoriesSeller's business information
Miramar International Services LLC
FL, U.S.A.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to California Books, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.