Through the years Quinn has made some powerful enemies who are determined to destroy him, including presidential incumbent Thornton Tomtree. Here, too, are the two beautiful women who have always loved him Greer, the lover driven by ambition and passion, and Rita, the sensuous, adoring daughter of his friend and mentor, painter and philosopher Reynaldo Maldonado. In riveting prose, Leon Uris unfolds Quinn’s life as he matures from a restless youth into a brave Marine undertaking a deadly undercover mission, and finally, into an earnest, intelligent, and thoughtful leader willing take on the most vicious and malevolently destructive forces threatening the country. Desperate, they turned to the Church and adopted a beautiful three year old of mysterious parentage, a charming little boy they named Quinn Patrick. Building a successful life as cattle ranchers, Daniel and Siobhan had everything they wanted except a child. Returning home at the end of World War II a decorated and wounded hero, Daniel Timothy O’Connell had moved his young wife, Siobhan, from the crowded streets of Brooklyn to the golden mountains of Colorado. But Quinn is a man with an explosive secret that can shatter his political ambitions and threaten his life a secret buried for over a half century that even he does not know… In an era morally unmoored, rife with armed separatists and fundamentalist zealotry, Quinn, the last great liberal of the Rocky Mountains, emerges as America’s hope to reclaim its great past and its promises of the future.

Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 presidential campaign, A God in Ruins is the unforgettable story of Quinn Patrick O’Connell, an honest, principled, and courageous man on the brink of becoming the second Irish Catholic President of the United States.

Master storyteller and international bestselling author of Redemption, Trinity, and Exodus, Leon Uris once again brilliantly interweaves historical fact with gripping fiction in this powerful novel of politics, family, intrigue, love, and the passions that rule human lives.

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