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Summary: A Truly Superior Thriller
Review: This is probably the best thriller I've read in the last 2 or 3 years. The characters are believable, the action is dizzyingly fast, and the plot is not an insult to one's intelligence. In fact, quite the opposite -- the book actually gets you to think about some big issues, not least the danger of having an utterly amoral person in the White House. I also found Fullilove's protagonist refreshing. Yes he's macho, handsome, and brilliant -- the usual thriller virtues. But he also has flaws, faults and fears. There is none of the cartoony quality that you find in so many best-selling thrillers.

Fullilove also does an excellent job with the Washington background (something tells me he must have had some career connection with the world of intelligence, but if not he's certainly done his homework). I also liked the fact that the books various crises and disasters grow out of the failures and miscalculations of ordinary people -- just like in real life. Truly superior!