Flashback

There appear to be two authors named Dan Simmons. One, who wrote The Terror, one of the better works of fiction I've read in recent memory and the other who wrote this piece of tripe, a pastiche of far right-wing paranoia - America destroyed by “entitlements,” invaded by Mexicans, a “global caliphate” ascendant, Israel nuked by Iran (of said caliphate), global climate change a myth, etc. The only thing missing was the main characters extolling the virtue of investing in gold.

It could've worked, though, if only the author had stitched those hare-brained ideas together with solid characters, good dialogue, and believable plotting.