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Americans Abroad takes the reader to London, Paris, Berlin, and beyond. The novel explores the seemingly peaceful Islamic invasion of Europe, the feckless responses of Western European politicians, the intolerance of those preaching tolerance, and the weaponization of accusations of Islamophobia and racism. Can Muslims co-exist with Western democracy? Do they even want to? Or is co-existence merely a steppingstone on the path to domination? Americans Abroad probes these issues and makes the case for Christianity in a fast-paced, entertaining read, mixing humor with thought-provoking questions of religion and culture.
Six Americans travel to Europe—two go for work, two for fun, and two for Christian ministry opportunities. As they travel about the Continent, they encounter each other, as well as the effects of Muslim mass migration. The Americans commit the politically incorrect sin of noticing the downsides to “cultural enrichment” from third-world immigrants.
Americans Abroad follows Stephen Palmer’s successful three-book Unlikely series. In his fourth novel, Stephen shifts focus from American politics to broader issues of Western culture and religion.
After completing his second and final term as governor of Mississippi in his early fifties, Jeff Ackerman is seeking direction for the next stage in his life. On a whim, he decides to run for president in the 2016 election against incumbent Democrat Upton Landers. Landers is a reasonably popular sitting president during a time of peace and a stable economy. With the odds favoring the incumbent in this scenario, the well-known Republican politicians elect to sit on the sidelines for the 2016 election, implicitly conceding re-election to Landers. This leaves the Republican field open to squishy moderates, has-beens, and never-have-beens such as Jeff Ackerman.
The unlikely candidate overcomes the opposition of his wife, the doubts of his campaign manager, zero national name recognition, and the disastrous announcement of his candidacy to win the Republican nomination.
Ackerman is a Christian and a conservative. But he didn’t plan on running as a Christian Conservative. While not ashamed of his faith, he isn’t comfortable using it as a reason for someone to vote for him. The Democrats, however, view this as an opportunity to toss both conservatism and Christianity onto the political ash heap. They shed their moderate mask, and Landers runs as an unapologetic Leftist. The Left’s media minions attack Ackerman for both his conservatism and his Christian faith in a coordinated effort to boost Landers to victory. Ackerman reluctantly defends his faith on the national stage while continuing to explain the strong rationale for his conservative policy positions, all in an effort to accomplish the biggest upset in American political history.
In The Unlikely President, Palmer continues the saga of Jeff Ackerman. The Washington newcomer battles an array of opponents in a struggle to turn his campaign promises into policy. A natural disaster, inflation, a recession, foreign enemies, domestic political opponents, and their media allies combine to batter Ackerman's poll numbers along with the American economy. Can the new president overcome these obstacles and get his policies implemented? And will those policies reverse America's downward spiral? And can all of this be accomplished in time to save his presidency?
The Unlikely Advisor: Politics, Faith, and Urban Renewal takes President Ackerman into an exciting and challenging new role following his presidency.
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