Access to Power

With all the makings of a lost season for the TV series 24, and in the bestselling tradition of Vince Flynn, Frank Miles finds himself thrust into a web of deceit with the fate of the nation at stake.

And the clock is ticking.

Three weeks before a crucial senatorial election, Frank’s business partner is gunned down execution-style in their D.C. office. Police are quick to call it a case of robbery gone bad, but Frank Miles, known for his ruthless manipulation of the media, suspects something far more sinister.

And after a former political opponent is brutally assassinated—after the U.S. Attorney names Frank his chief suspect in each of the savage murders—Frank knows that someone hidden in the shadows is pulling all the strings.

As Frank digs deeper, he’s chased through an unforgiving labyrinth of deceit and vengeance that stretches to the highest echelons of power. And with the U.S. Attorney and Metro Police in full pursuit, Frank finds himself on a harrowing journey into the heart of darkness.

From the underground tunnels networking Capitol Hill to the dome high above, Frank’s electrifying race for the truth—and his life—will bring him face-to-face with power at its deadliest extremes—where winning isn’t everything—for the sake of the nation—it’s the only thing.

“Robert Ellis spins a potent political thriller.”
—Publishers Weekly

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ROBERT ELLIS is the international bestselling author of Access to Power, The Dead Room (a No. 1 Amazon.com bestseller in the US and UK), and the critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times bestseller City of Fire, The Lost Witness, and Murder Season - selected as top reads by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio, The Chicago Tribune, The Toronto Sun, The Guardian (UK), The Evening Telegraph (UK), People Magazine, USA Today, and The New York Times. His novels have been translated into more than ten languages and are read in more than thirty-five countries.

Born in Philadelphia, Robert moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a writer, producer, and director in film, television, and advertising. Robert studied writing with Walter Tevis, author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Color of Money, and with John Truby, screenwriter and author of The Anatomy of Story. His books have garnered praise from authors as diverse as Janet Evanovich and Michael Connelly. For more information, visit him online at robertellis.net.