After President Bob Hanover is shot dead at a White House press conference by a gunman with no identity, Nick Addis, a presidential aide, is reluctantly drawn into an unofficial - and private - investigation of the assassination. In this off-the-books effort, he is joined by Clarence Dunne, the disgraced chief of White House security, and Julia Lancette, a CIA analyst at odds with the Agency. As the intrigue mounts - the First Lady and the Vice President are fiercely competing for their party's presidential nomination - Addis, Dunne, and Lancette are confronted by faceless and ruthless enemies determined to stop them from uncovering long-hidden secrets.The danger increases, and Addis, Dunne, and Lancette must find the answers to an intricate puzzle before their watchers, armed and desperate, catch up to them. Finally, Addis unearths a series of explosive truths. Then, on his own, he must decide what to do with these secrets, and that decision will change not only his future but that of the entire country. Read Less