INQUISITION - Softcover

Eddinger, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418477478 ISBN 13: 9781418477479

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

INQUISITIONSet in the time of paranoia in American politics, Inquisition, examines the power game in which innocent lives face ruin when they become entangled in a politician's cynical ambition. It explores the corrosion of human relationships arising from egotism and the relentless pursuit of power.The protagonist, Zachary Taylor Harris, a powerful politician, plays a deadly game of Russian Roulette with the lives of anyone entering his orbit. To keep the lid on his secret he must appear to possess all of the knowledge and certitude, which comes with being a senior member of Congress and chairman of its most powerful investigative committee. Manipulation and chicanery are his tools for dominating anyone in his way. The cast of characters includes:- His wife, a woman of intelligence and passion, whose fortune has supported his career, but who now stands as an obstacle to his ambition,- A senior State Department officer with unorthodox political views and his avant-garde wife, a gifted abstract expressionist, who stumble into his path and become perfect targets in his cover-up scheme,- A cunning and powerful bureaucrat, who sees opportunity and personal advantage in a new investigative scenario,- His beautiful and sultry mistress, who loves him, but naively becomes a pawn in his power game,- A crusading young antagonist who closes in on the well-kept secret,- A canny, veteran newspaperman who understands power and its limitations, and puts the machinery of justice in motion,- A disgruntled detective whose career swings 180-degrees when he turns a humiliating defeat into victory,- The incorruptible Speaker of the House, the one man he cannot afford to alienate, who upholds the Constitution and the rule of law against his scheming ambition.The author employs his understanding of Congress, Capitol Hill and the many dimensions and nuances of the American political process to weave a story of power, ambition, courage, love and other virtues and vices imparted by the game

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About the Author

Jack Eddinger is a former newsman and U.S. Senate communications professional and press secretary. He has been a writer-editor with news organizations, including, The Baltimore Evening Sun, The Washington Star and United Press International in the nation's capital. He began his writing career as a staff writer for newspapers in Pennsylvania. He served as press secretary and administrative assistant to the Mayor of Baltimore, following service as public affairs director and editor at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He holds a Master of Liberal Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins University and completed the Hopkins Writing Seminars. His AB degree is from Villanova University. He has taught news and feature writing at the University of Maryland, College of Journalism, and has written for newspapers and magazines. While serving on Capitol Hill he authored a definitive chapter on congressional press and media relations in a key college textbook on congressional and government public affairs. He teaches in the Renaissance Program at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, Mary, a middle school teacher. He is a communications and public affairs consultant and continues to write fiction and non-fiction. He is currently working on a historic novel about Abraham Lincoln and the men in his cabinet.

Review

In (Jack Eddinger's) saturnine take on public life, the national motto could be "Outta My Way." -- The Baltimore Sun, February 13, 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1418477478
• ISBN 13: 9781418477479
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 280