Executive

Both the presidency and the constitution are at stake in this tense and shockingly real political thriller. "Grossman had done lots of research on everything from political infighting to clandestine military operations . . . [H]olds reader interest right up to the inevitable conclusion." -Publishers Weekly An assassin's bullet changes the course of the presidential election-not by killing Democratic candidate Teddy Lodge but his wife. Riding a wave of popular sympathy, Lodge surges forward as the man to beat for incumbent President Morgan Taylor. Secret Service Agent Scott Roarke is ordered by President Taylor to investigate the assassination, which unravels a deadly Soviet plot that has incubate for more than decades. But it's not just the Russians that Agent Roarke must contend with. There's another nation's sleeper agent poised to forever alter American policy in the Middle East.

This second stand-alone globe-hopping thriller in the Executive series finds Secret Service Agent Scott Roarke confronted with Russian spycraft, murder in the White House, and a frenzy fueled by the country's leading hate talk radio personality. The terrorists who came within a heartbeat of undermining the presidency of the United States in Executive Actions are back in Executive Treason with a new-and deadlier-plot to destabilize the US government. It begins with the mugging and murder of a female White House staffer. Secret Service Agent Scott Roarke discovers the larger truth: the murder was committed by his secret nemesis, the mysterious assassin who had stayed one step ahead of him during the presidential campaign. This time, Roarke has found clues about the assassin's past that give him the tools he needs to hunt the hunter and also silence a popular hate talk radio host dividing the country. But the clues can only go so far. Roarke needs all his skill and a huge amount of luck if he's going to catch his quarry. "More chilling than science fiction. Gary Grossman shows how the media itself can become a weapon of mass destruction. You'll never listen to talk radio again without a shiver going down your spine." -GARRY GOLDMAN, executive producer of Minority Report and screenwriter for Navy SEALs and Total Recall