THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2026 45 Missing—Tipping Point III George Alfred Kennedy, SETAF Publishing, 2026, $20.00/paperback, e-book available, 289 pages. In the third book of the Tipping Point series, the airplane carrying President Hinton’s husband has disappeared, leaving her to face the uncertainty of his fate while preparing to raise their unborn child alone. But the demands of the presidency leave little room for sorrow. Hinton relies on the strength of her vice president and the support of the American people as she confronts one of the greatest threats the nation has ever faced. Surrounded by political enemies, international threats, and the crushing loneliness of grief, President Hinton must navigate a world where every decision could alter the course of history. And in the quiet hours of the night, she is forced to confront the one battle no power can shield her from—her own heartbreak. George Alfred Kennedy spent 35 years in the State Department, retiring as a Senior Foreign Service officer after assignments in seven countries, including as consul general in Toronto, deputy assistant secretary, and senior adviser to Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown. Nothing on Earth Ian MacKenzie, The Unnamed Press, 2026, $35.00/hardcover, e-book available, 488 pages. This propulsive novel tells the story of an American spy, Anna Hendrix, as she seeks to learn the nature of an unknown, potentially powerful material that is appearing at seemingly random points around the world and that science can’t explain. No one knows what it is; and everyone wants to find it. Anna’s pursuit takes her from the Horn of Africa to Southeast Asia, through expatriate enclaves that play host to aid workers, diplomats, foreign correspondents, energy magnates, insurgents, dissidents, and, inevitably, other spies. In Nothing on Earth, Ian MacKenzie reimagines a pivotal decade in the United States, from the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011 to the storming of the Capitol in January 2021. Anna’s voice—lean, wry, coolly intimate—guides the reader through the dark topography of geopolitical power and, in the end, the outer limits of human comprehension.
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