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A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has aspirations of more.But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage well before he expects, and long before he's ready, for a national campaign. The road to the White House, however, will be more treacherous -- and deadly -- than Will and his intelligent, strikingly beautiful wife, Kate, an associate director in the Central Intelligence Agency, can imagine. A courageous and principled man, Will soon learns he has more than one opponent who wants him out of the race. Thrust into the spotlight as never before, he's become the target of clandestine enemies from the past who will use all their money and influence to stop him -- dead. Now Will isn't just running for president -- he's running for his life.… (more)
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Another device used and then disposed of without adequate explanation is the President himself. He is found unconscious on the bathroom floor and taken to a hospital where he later dies having never woken from his coma. What actually killed him? Wouldn’t the FBI be crawling over everything in a search for conspirators, terrorists or whatever? Not in this Washington, DC.
Now there is one part that is rather sudden but I had a feeling it was coming. The right-wing wacko Zeke who is trying to kill Will has a kid. Each time he leaves his mountain cabin, he tells Danny that he might not be coming back. The first time he leaves, Danny is willing enough, but the second time Danny says something about maybe wanting a University education and perhaps joining the Navy. Looks like daddy’s brainwashing about the inherent evilness of the US government and similar establishments, has fallen on deaf ears. In the end when Zeke is discovered and tracked to his secret residence and Danny shoots him himself rather than risk his mom & siblings, I wasn’t overly surprised. I suppose less astute readers would classify this as coming from nowhere. Luckily it was enough for me even though I feel the ending was too pat.
If Woods had eliminated the annoying bit about the brief affair w/an up and coming Hollywood actress, and concentrated on making these plot elements work better, the book would have been much more interesting. But I suppose that would be too much for Woods to keep straight. The book is loosely tied to the Stone Barrington books – I recognized the name of the actor Vance Calder but couldn’t place it. Then his wife Arrington was introduced and I got it. It’s a continuation of Deep Lie from 15 years ago (see Book Journal 1). Katherine did not make Director at the end of that book and I think Ed Rawls was the guy feeding the Russians information about the subs.
Of course Will is elected as the Democratic Party nominee and of course he is elected president. To show how gracious he is, he selects his defeated rival to be his running mate. Sigh. And Kate is appointed head of the CIA with nary a whimper from the Senate or anyone else concerned. The nest of terrorists is destroyed without breeding more. And all of the potentially sticky people who were used as a means to an end are conveniently quiet.
Any fan of Woods or of political thrillers in general will enjoy this addition to the Will Lee series.