The Means

This book was a fairly interesting political story, with some twists - that were a bit too easy to figure out, except the one on the last page, which I didn't totally understand and was disappointed to end the novel with that confusion. My complaint about the story line is where attempts were made to bring a real life feel to it, political scandal story lines seemed almost too "copied" from real life events. The debate and outrage by the GOP candidate over the scandal question was a little bit too "Newt". And seriously - an adulterous President is gonna drive his wife to lesbianism? Not cool! However, it is VERY distressing to think that false campaign mud flung a few days before an election could actually affect the outcome. Here's where this is a WARNING to the American media - don't run with every sensational story without doing your due diligence as a JOURNALIST. I'm talking to you FoxNews. But overall, I enjoyed reading this book and because of that, I may go back and read Douglas Brunt's first book.

Refreshingly well written. Good character development, great storyline with a few surprises. A welcome change from Clancy, Thor, Coulter et al. Excellent job, Mr. Brunt.