Shout Out / The Twilight's Last Gleaming

• One chapter deals with a young African tribesman named Obama (who is in fact the great grandfather of the 44th US President). He helps his love interest escape a volcano erupting in Kenya, and she replies "Thanks, Obama."
• When earthquakes set part of New York on fire, the captain of a so far unnamed US Navy ship orders his ship into action to fight the fires. He tells his men "Let us make sure that history never forgets... the name... 'Enterprise'!"
  • One of the people rescued by the captain of the Enterprise is the son of a German barber, who talks like his grandson, the 45th US President.