In 1992, Governor Bruce Jansen came up with the idea to put a game
show on national TV. The game would pit several people against each
other. The top three winners were Dorothy also called Doggie, Rosalie,
and T. Perkins. As a reward, they all traveled to China with Jansen.
Little did any of them know that this would bind them together for the
rest of their lives... While on this trip, Jansen gives Doggie a small
Chinese figure telling her that they would be friends forever. While on
this shopping trip, Carol, Jansen's wife is shot and killed--something
none of them will ever forget.
Now the year is 2008 and Jansen has since become a democratic
senator, running to be the next president of the United States. Doggie,
along with Wesley and John, is working on his campaign. As the
election comes closer, Doggie's dad Bud wants Jansen to hold his
election party at his hotel, but Doggie doesn't feel that is the best idea
because her father has always been a Republican. However, plans
proceed to have the party at Bud's hotel, and on the night of the
election, Jansen becomes the next president of the US. As Jansen and
his new wife Mimi arrive at the party, his worst fear is realized: his wife
is shot, and both she and their unborn child are killed.
Bud is arrested when evidence is found showing he paid a man named
Toby to kill Mimi. Bud claims he is innocent but is tried, found guilty,
and sentenced to death. Doggie and others from the campaign are
hired to work in White House. Doggie knows she should be thrilled with
this job opportunity, but she feels like an outsider because of her
father's conviction. All the while, the president has become a maniac
and begins passing laws that are as crazy as his mood swings...
What can I say about THE
WASHINGTON DECREE? Unfortunately, if I didn't know that this
book was probably written over a year ago, I would have to say it
sounds like what is going on today. Jussi Adler Olsen writes like this is
about today's crisis. I could not tear myself away from this book.
Wondering what the crazy president would do next...
However I don't want people not to read this book. It really is great,
don't look at it the way I do, just read it and make your own decisions. I
am not sure if Olsen ever worked for anyone in office, but sure has a lot
of knowledge about government.
So if you have a day to kill pick up this book which comes out in August
and sit and really enjoy it.
The New York Times and #1 internationally
bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with
a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America
in chaos.
"The president has gone way too far. . . . These are
practically dictatorial methods we're talking about."
Sixteen years before Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen was
elected president of the United States, a PR stunt brought
together five very different people: fourteen-year-old
Dorothy "Doggie" Rogers, small-town sheriff T. Perkins,
single mother Rosalie Lee, well-known journalist John
Bugatti, and the teenage son of one of Jansen's employees,
Wesley Barefoot. In spite of their differences, the five
remain bonded by their shared experience and devotion to
their candidate.
For Doggie, who worked the campaign trail with Wesley,
Jansen's election is a personal victory: a job in the White
House, proof to her Republican father that she was right to
support Jansen, and the rise of an intelligent, clear-headed
leader with her same ideals. But the triumph is short-lived:
Jansen's pregnant wife is assassinated on election night,
and the alleged mastermind behind the shooting is none other
than Doggie's own father.
When Jansen ascends to the White House, he is a changed man,
determined to end gun violence by any means necessary.
Rights are taken away as quickly as weapons. International
travel becomes impossible. Checkpoints and roadblocks
destroy infrastructure. The media is censored. Militias
declare civil war on the government. The country is in
chaos, and Jansen's former friends each find themselves
fighting a very different battle, for themselves, their
rights, their country . . . and, in Doggie's case, the life
of her father, who just may be innocent.
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