Death of a Golden State
A Military Thriller
When loyalty becomes treason, one soldier must rewrite the rules of war.
California burns. Tanks block freeways. Internment camps reopen. And the architect of America’s unraveling wears the governor’s seal.
Colonel Chazz Silver—decorated combat veteran and rising star of the California Army National Guard—discovers twelve battle tanks missing from Camp Roberts. What begins as a routine investigation explodes into a constitutional crisis when her lover, political strategist Tom Peña, lets slip a deadly truth: Governor Chip Sanchez plans to sever the Golden State from the Union. Now Silver must outmaneuver the entire state militia as Sacramento’s coup transforms freeways into war zones and former comrades into executioners.
Betrayal cuts deepest from those who share your bed.
As tanks roll through San Francisco and combat vessels shell I-5, Chazz becomes California’s most wanted fugitive. Her arsenal? An AWOL Air Guard sergeant with a talent for sabotage. A cartel queen hellbent on burning her brother’s enemies. A Marine ex-love whose final act could save—or doom—the nation. And a grounded Marine pilot who has the key to taking back the state and the guts to do it. From ambushes at military bases to midnight escapes from Manzanar’s resurrection, Chazz wages a guerrilla war across California’s crumbling infrastructure, questioning every oath she’s ever sworn.
The ultimate high-stakes thriller where the front lines are everywhere.
Robert J. Muller delivers a powder-keg narrative blending Designated Survivor’s political intrigue with Jack Reacher’s relentless action. Authentic military detail collides with chilling plausibility as Chazz Silver’s race to save democracy forces impossible choices:
- Build a resistance force to take back the Capitol
- Trust a cartel assassin over her commanding officer
- Pull the trigger on the man who still owns her heart
Perfect for fans of:
- Brad Taylor’s spec-ops authenticity
- Gregg Hurwitz’s moral complexity
- Netflix’s *House of Cards* political conspiracy
Death of a Golden State doesn’t just blur lines between hero and traitor—it vaporizes them. Will Chazz’s revolution preserve the Union... or ignite the Second American Civil War?
The truth hides in plain sight on every California license plate: “Eureka” now means “Run.”
