America 2040

America 2040

Cover of the first novel in the series
America 2040 (1986) America 2040: The Golden World (1986) America 2040: City In The Mist (1987) America 2040: The Return (1988) America 2040: The Star Explorer (1988)
Author	Hugh Zachary as Evan Innes
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	science fiction
Publisher	Random House Publishing Group, Bantam Books
Published	1986 - 1988
No. of books	5

America 2040 (1986-1988) 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 until he became governor,senator and the President of the United States in 2033 and 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 until these two men are accompanied by Soviet General Theresa Pulaski after Summit Meeting in Soviet Union concludes,Hamilton and Maxwell go back to Washington DC and 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 Clay Girard and his dog, Jumper want to be part of this until their deaths.

America 2040: The Golden World

The second chapter begins after the Spirit of America's journey with three crew members killed are Dick Stanton, Dinah Purdy and Pat Renfro at the hands of supernatural occurrences inside the ship until they find a new planet Omega which is similar to Earth and settle on the new planet and name various geographical features after the dead crew members such as Stanton Bay, Lake Dinah and Renfro Mountains.

America 2040: City In The Mist

The third chapter continues as the citizens of the planet Omega are safe and sound while captain Duncan Rodrick and his crew find the new city of stone that was discovered by Stoner McRae until Hamilton decided to visit the new planet for the first time since he became the commander in chief.

America 2040: The Return

The fourth chapter continues as the citizens welcome Hamilton to the new planet after his new ship Free Enterprise landing on Omega

America 2040: The Star Explorer

The fifth and final chapter of the America 2040 series comes to the end as the citizens elect Dexter Hamilton as the president of Omega.

Reception

Publishers Weekly called the first novel in the series "a kind of neoconservative pulp novel, overbearing and sodden".