Capitol Betrayal - Softcover

Bernhardt, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345503023 ISBN 13: 9780345503022

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2011

Synopsis

Lawyer and former senator Ben Kincaid is meeting with the president when Washington suddenly explodes into chaos. A fanatical foreign dictator has hacked into the U.S. nuclear defense system and now has a finger on the trigger of America’s most dangerous weapons. Kincaid is whisked, along with the president and his advisors, to an underground bunker, but the president seems to be falling apart under the pressure—and the vice president wants to strip him of his powers. While Kincaid scrambles to defend the president, CIA agent Seamus McKay races through Washington, searching for a hidden command center that now controls U.S. ballistic missiles. As McKay and Kincaid move closer to uncovering a world-shattering plot, the ultimate act of betrayal is launched from the heart of the American capitol itself.

About this title

From the Author:

This is my 18th--and final--Ben Kincaid novel.  And that's a big deal to me, because Ben and I have been together for a long time.  So if we must part ways, I wanted to say goodbye with a big story, something worthy of the twenty-plus years I've spent with this character.  I hope you'll agree that Ben goes out in a blaze of glory with this story.  The naive young Oklahoma attorney of the first book, Primary Justice, takes on a case with national--even international--repercussions in his final adventure.

About the Author:

William Bernhardt is the author of more than twenty novels, including Primary Justice, Murder One, Criminal Intent, Death Row, Capitol Murder, Capitol Threat, Capitol Conspiracy, Capitol Offense, and Nemesis. He has received both the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award and the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author Award given “in recognition of an outstanding body of work in which we understand ourselves and American society at large.” He is also one of the country’s most popular writing instructors, teaching at various conferences throughout the year. A former trial attorney, Bernhardt has received several awards for his public service. He lives in Oklahoma with his three children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0345503023
• ISBN 13: 9780345503022
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400