Terror Red

Set in New England, this over-the-top thriller from Fox News commentator Hunt (They Just Don’t Get It) and political consultant Hunsinger veers between the serious and the silly. On the serious side, terrorists hijack a passenger jet at Boston’s Logan airport, destroy the city’s Prudential Center and Central Artery tunnel, and later take the U.S. president and first lady hostage at their vacation retreat in Maine. On the silly side, the book’s two heroes, who share narrative duty, manage to kill literally hundreds of terrorists. Ultramacho David Gibson, a retired Special Forces colonel, says things like, “Hell is breaking loose and I need to get in the middle of it.” Christina Marchetti, a political consultant who has never shot a gun in her life, tags along because her sister is on the hijacked plane. Despite the snarky tone and a plot that can be extremely absurd at times, this one will appeal to those who share the authors’ conservative world view. Bill O’Reilly provides a blurb. (Apr.)