| Written by former presidential press sec-retary Ron Nessen, this novel pulses withthe vivid, detailed knowledge that only atrue Washington insider can possess. And,even more, Nessen brings to his story edge-of-the-seat suspense and an extraordinary,most memorable, cast of characters. At the center of the novel is Libby Blair.Famous and wealthy, brilliant and desir-able, she is the most celebrated First Ladysince Jacqueline Kennedy. She seems tohave it all-the long, low limousines, theglittering opening nights, the big celeb-rities, the tycoons, the power politicians.And yet she is running away. She is leavingher husband to start a new life with herlover-the man who was her husband s old-est and closest friend. But, instead of newlove she will find herself in a nightmare ofterror. Her husband, the president, Ted Blair, isshaken to his soul. Once a legendary base-ball star, now he s a tormented, embattledpresident. Slipping in the polls, pilloried forinept leadership, he is confronted with hisgreatest and gravest challenge-not onlythe desperate struggle for his wife s life butalso the effort to win back the love he d lostso long age.If she survives. |
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