What happens if both the president and
vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office?
The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would
be nothing short of total political chaos.
Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton
Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr
Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has
festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United
States.
Before escaping, Malone learns that Zorin and another ex-KGB
officer, this one a sleeper still embedded in the West, are
headed overseas to Washington D.C. Noon on January
20th--Inauguration Day--is only hours away. A flaw in the
Constitution, and an even more flawed presidential
succession act, have opened the door to disaster and Zorin
intends to exploit both weaknesses to their fullest.
Armed with a weapon leftover from the Cold War, one long
thought to be just a myth, Zorin plans to attack. He's
aided by a shocking secret hidden in the archives of
America's oldest fraternal organization--the Society of
Cincinnati--a group that once lent out its military savvy to
presidents, including helping to formulate three invasion
plans of what was intended to be America's 14th colony--Canada.
In a race against the clock that starts in the frozen
extremes of Russia and ultimately ends at the White House
itself, Malone must not only battle Zorin, he must also
confront a crippling fear that he's long denied, but which
now jeopardizes everything. Steve Berry's trademark mix of
history and speculation is all here in this provocative new
thriller.
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