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The Campus Community Book Club's May Pick: 'State of Terror' by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penney

Monday, 16 May, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” - James Baldwin

​Please join the Campus Community Book Club for a discussion of "State of Terror," co-written by Hillary Rodham  Clinton and Louise Penney. 

About the Book

After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in, and to everyone’s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state.

There is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams, his new secretary of state. But it’s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment, he silences one of his harshest critics, since taking the job means Adams must step down as head of her multinational media conglomerate.

As the new president addresses Congress for the first time, with Secretary Adams in attendance, Anahita Dahir, a young foreign service officer (FSO) on the Pakistan desk at the State Department, receives a baffling text from an anonymous source.

Too late, she realizes the message was a hastily coded warning.

What begins as a series of apparent terrorist attacks is revealed to be the beginning of an international chess game involving the volatile and Byzantine politics of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran; the race to develop nuclear weapons in the region; the Russian mob; a burgeoning rogue terrorist organization; and an American government set back on its heels in the international arena.

As the horrifying scale of the threat becomes clear, Secretary Adams and her team realize it has been carefully planned to take advantage of four years of an American government out of touch with international affairs, out of practice with diplomacy, and out of power in the places where it counts the most.

To defeat such an intricate, carefully constructed conspiracy, it will take the skills of a unique team: a passionate young FSO; a dedicated journalist; and a smart, determined, but as yet untested new secretary of state.

State of Terror is a unique and utterly compelling international thriller cowritten by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 67th secretary of state, and Louise Penny, a multiple award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling novelist.

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The book is available through the Ramapo Catskill Library System and your favorite bookseller.

Meeting details

We will meet Monday, May 16th at 12 pm in the Morrison Hall Library. We will also Zoom for those who are unable to physically attend. Please RSVP to receive the link or contact mariannesciucco@sunyorange.edu.

Upcoming titles

June - There is Nothing for You Here by Fiona Hill
July - Summer Love by Nancy Thayer
August - Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
September - Nicholas Sparks novel TBD

Happy reading!

Contact:

Marianne Sciucco

Phone: 8453414870

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