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Charles McCarry (June 14, 1930 – February 26, 2019) [1] was an American writer, primarily of spy fiction, and a former undercover operative for the Central Intelligence Agency. [ 2 ] Biography
President in: The Better Angels (1979) and Shelley's Heart (1995) by Charles McCarry; Was from Kentucky, and served from 1993 to 1997 (The Better Angels) and 2001–2005 (Shelley's Heart). Defeats President Franklin Douglass Mallory and runs against him four years later.
President in: Shelley's Heart by Charles McCarry (1995 novel) Former Senator from Massachusetts who is chosen to be vice president by President R. Tucker Attenborough. Appointed as vice president in less than a day, and then takes over as acting President due to Attenborough's failing health under the 25th Amendment. Party: Democratic
President in: Shelley's Heart by Charles McCarry (1995 novel) Speaker of the House, he becomes president after the resignation of impeached President Bedford Forrest Lockwood. Next in line of succession due to the death of Vice President Williston Graves. His efforts resolve a Constitutional crisis due to an election stolen by computer fraud.
First edition (publ. E.P. Dutton h/b) The Better Angels is a 1979 thriller novel by Charles McCarry.It was poorly received at the time of its release; its premise of terrorists using passenger planes as instruments of destruction was considered too implausible to suspend one's disbelief.
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McCarry apparently wrote The Miernik Dossier with no idea that Christopher would go on to become the hero of future novels. As the Christopher saga expanded and background details were fleshed in, discrepancies arose between the newer books and what the reader had been told about Christopher in earlier books, including this one.