ADLER-OLSEN, JUSSI
u003cpu003eu003cbu003eTheu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eand #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaosu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eTHE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORu003cbru003e 27 MILLION BOOKS SOLDu003cbru003e WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARDu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003e"The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're talking about."u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e When Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen is elected president of the United States, it is a personal victory for Dorothy "Dottie" Rogers. She has secured a job in the White House, has proved to her Republican father that she was right to support Jansen, and is proud to see the rise of an intelligent, inspiring leader who shares her ideals.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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 Dottie's own father. When Jansen ascends to the White House, he is a changed man, determined to end gun violence by any means necessary.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Rights are taken away as quickly as weapons. Checkpoints and roadblocks destroy infrastructure. The media is censored. Militias declare civil war on the government. The country is in chaos, and Dottie's finds herself fighting for the life of her father, who just may be innocent.u003c/pu003e