Power Curve
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4.8 • 8 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A shrewd, efficient and popular politician, Madeline O'Keith Turner was eminently qualified to fulfill he duties as America's first woman Vice President. But Fate elevated her to Commander-in-Chief. . .on the eve of her nation's most devastating modern crisis.
From her first day in the Oval Office, Maddie Turner has had to deal with bitter challenges from Congress and duplicity from within the ranks of the Cabinet she inherited from her late predecessor. Now catastrophe is brewing in the East China Sea. Chinese and Japanese fleets are set to collide in the biggest naval engagement since World War Two. And a single false step could result in Turner's impeachment. . .or, worse still, in nuclear war. An untried leader with enemies on all sides must now reach out to her one true ally: National Security Advisor General Robert Bender, a loyal soldier determined to teach his president in record time everything he knows about swift, decisive action and bare-knuckling battling. . .even if it costs his career, and his life, to do so.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With the sudden death of the president of the U.S., Madeleine (Maddy) O'Keith Turner, the first woman vice president, unexpectedly adds a more earth-shaking first to her name. Herman (Force of Eagles) surrounds his woman president with enemies both foreign and domestic. General Robert Bender, her reluctant military adviser, also finds himself between a rock and a hard place. Because of his new political role, he is no longer accepted by his military peers; and because of the president's antipathy to anything martial, he feels outnumbered in her cabinet. In the midst of the tension, China brings the world to the brink of world war with an attack on Japanese territories. Untested, Maddy must prove herself a world-class diplomat and expert in foreign affairs or face possible nuclear catastrophe. Fighting off bureaucratic and military enemies, General Bender tries to educate his commander in chief in global strategies. Meanwhile, Brigadier General David Martini, commanding troops in Okinawa, waits tensely for orders to deploy. Meanwhile, like a Persian cat scenting cream, Maddy's chief of staff, Patrick Shaw, prowls the White House, testing his own political wiles. Herman has created a convincing woman leader. President Turner is an intelligent, sympathetic character who grows stronger as she learns her job. Other major characters too, are more fully realized than in his previous military thrillers. Realistic and suspenseful, this is a timely and thought-provoking story.
