'Executive Actions' by Gary Grossman

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THE NEW AND EXPLOSIVE PRESIDENTIAL THRILLER

AS FRESH AS TODAY'S HEADLINES WITH A TERRIFYING PREMISE THAT IS DRAMATICALLY INTENSE AND SHOCKINGLY REAL

Scott Roarke, first in Army Special Operations and now as a Secret Service Agent, thought he had seen everything and done everything. Then, during the presidential election year he gets an assignment that turns his world upside down. What his investigation uncovers is a plot so monstrous it could change the course of America's future.

The office of the President of the United States is the most powerful position in the world. The quest to win that office-the primaries and the campaign-is a national contest played out on a world stage. Though campaigns themselves can be conducted with no more decorum than that found in a barfight, the U.S. Constitution-the highest law in the land-insures the integrity of the election and succession processes.

But not this time.

Through a seemingly innocuous piece of evidence provided by Boston attorney Katie Kessler, Roarke discovers that the presidency is now the ultimate prize in a secret high-stakes international plot. It is a powerplay created at the height of the Cold War and so well conceived that even the U.S. Constitution itself is a tool designed to guarantee the plot's success. All that is needed is for all the players to fulfill their roles in the secretly stage-managed drama.

On the one side is the challenger, Theodore "Teddy" Lodge, a young, handsome, charismatic congressman with a beautiful, vivacious wife. They are the most exciting and captivating political couple since John and Jackie Kennedy. On the other is the embattled incumbent, President Morgan Taylor, who has been waging an increasingly ineffective campaign. The media loves Teddy. The American people love Teddy. Then a shattering event on the Lodge campaign trail changes everything about the presidential campaign. That event is the catalyst that sets into motion incidents ranging from bribery and murder to the manipulation of the press that, though they appear random, are all part of a larger, sinister plan.

When Katie Kessler's life is put at risk as a result of her helping Scott, she joins him in his quest to prevent the unthinkable-control of the office of the President of the United States by a hostile foreign power. With the election clock ticking, they also know that it will take a miracle to stop the takeover from happening.