Book description
"A stellar novel of action, adventure, and intrigue." --Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author The presumed president-elect has been assassinated. The fate of the United States is at stake.And Detective Jim Murphy of the Chicago PD is to blame. Serving as extra security in a parade for the apparent presidential winner, he succumbs to a moment of distraction. That indelible lapse allows an assassin to take down the president-elect. His shame is made even more profound now that Bryan, his rivalrous brother from the Justice Department, has come to Chicago to investigate the assassination and rub it in. Determined to restore his reputation, Murphy throws himself into a new investigation: the mysterious disappearances of several Chicago gangbangers. As he untangles the threads tying the disappearances to shocking murders, he is led to the doorstep of aging Sebastian Senex, a pharmaceutical tycoon desperate to cheat dementia and death.Meanwhile, the presidential election is thrown into Congress for resolution, ultimately catapulting Dallas Taylor, the young and progressive vice president-elect, into the Oval Office. Enraged at being led by a millennial president, Sebastian Senex and his power broker minions plot a coup to return the United States to what they see as the glories of yesteryear. As Senex's plan is set in motion, Detective Jim Murphy and President Taylor must unite to put down the conspiratorial menace facing a United States in crisis.The old must give way to the new, but as death reaches out from one generation to give birth to the next, how far are some willing to go to hang on to life and power over the future?
About the Author
M. J. Polelle is a Harvard Law School graduate, an emeritus professor of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and an award-winning legal writer. He honed his fiction writing at the summer writers' workshop of the University of Iowa and the Writers' Loft in Chicago. Polelle's passion for Italy has led him to travel there numerous times, including to direct a summer law program in Parma. He speaks Italian and was a columnist for Fra Noi, an Italian-American newspaper in Chicago. This is his first novel. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience