Presidential Risk
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“PLAY!” Ulysses hollered. Lame Brain put an army down on Siam. “The guy just can’t get away from there,” said Polk Salad, who was next. Polk Salad looked at Ulysses’ concentration of armies in Alaska and thought it to be a unique strategy. If Ulysses could protect his back door—and there was only one way in across Kamchatka—he could mount a rather formidable attack almost immediately. Ulysses’s armies looked like a rattlesnake getting ready to strike. Polk Salad decided not to confront the snake and quickly put an army on the Ukraine. “You’re next Ron-Ron. What’erya gonna do?” “Well,” said Ron-Ron. “Where’s Granada?” “There’s no Granada territory on the board,” Ready Teddy said impatiently. “Well,” said Ron-Ron. “I beg to differ Mister Teddy. I attacked Granada once.” “That was while you were the Earth surrogate,” T.J. explained. “Don’t you remember?” “Well,” said Ron-Ron. “I think I do. Where’s Granada?” “There’s no Granada territory on the board!” Ready Teddy repeated. “We’re not going to forget everything again, are we?” His whole being effervescing, Teddy tried hard to control himself. “Where are you going to place your army, Ron-Ron? Do you like the purple territories? Or maybe you like the pretty red ones.” “Well,” said Ron-Ron. “I do like the red ones, but that’s because I like Argentina. They have cowboys in Argentina, like when I was in the Oval Office. Cowboys. I like cowboys. Do you like cowboys Jackie?” Uncharacteristically, Ready Teddy signaled, palms down, to just go along. The Ladies’ Man nodded knowingly. “Yes Ron-Ron. I like cowboys. You like cowboys too, don’t you? Remember the Twenty Mule Team, Ron-Ron?” “Well,” said Ron-Ron. “I think I do. We had a Twenty Mule Team while I was in the Oval Office.” “No, Ron-Ron. That was before you were in the Oval Office. That was while you were still on TV.” “I was on TV?” “Yes, Ron-Ron. You were on TV, and you were in the movies too. Remember?” “Well,” said Ron-Ron. “I think I do. When is it going to be my turn to put down an army?” The Ladies’ Man hung his head in frustration. “It’s your turn now, Ron-Ron.” “It is?” “Yes.” “Oh goody. Where’s Granada?” So as not to frighten him, The Ladies’ Man slowly took Ron-Ron’s arm and guided it toward Argentina. “Here you go Ron-Ron, nice and easy. Put your army down here. I know you like the pretty red territories.”
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About the Book
When dead presidents in a supernatural world play the board game of world conquest, their moves are carried out in the human world.
Leaders are born and dictators rise to power as presidents past, such as Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, and others, plot their moves. One of them makes a move, and invasion takes place on Earth.
In the supernatural world, it’s about strategy, wits, and the will to win. But on Earth, it’s an action and adventure story featuring a psychopathic dictator threatening the United States, and the boy who will grow up to stop him from taking over the world. It might seem impossible, but history is being determined before it actually happens.
In the end, it’s all about leadership, and little Pauli Campo emerges from his meager existence to lead his country in the fight to avert a world war that could lead to the deaths of millions of people. This is the unGame, and the struggle for world domination continues with each roll of the dice in Presidential Risk.
About the Author
Michael Bronte is a graduate of Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Dealership. He and his wife of almost thirty years have two children, and live in Gaithersburg, Maryland.