Kirjahaku

The President has done something stupid and might be impeached. The Vice President has been arrested for attempted murder. If they are both forced out of office, Representative Claire Winton, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is next in line for the presidency. Claire has been in Washington for years and is well respected. She gets along with everyone and can bring about compromises with other legislators when others can't. It's almost as though she can read people's minds. Claire gets a visit from the Director of the FBI and two Group W FBI agents who are telepathic. Claire has been on the verge of telepathy her whole life, so the agents "open her mind." Claire meets the other members of Group W in a whirlwind trip to central Illinois. The current first lady does not want to give up her place in the White House and holds Claire responsible for the president's problems. She arranges attacks on Claire using deadly force. With her ability to read minds, and with the help of the six other telepathic members of Group W, Claire must navigate her way through a roller coaster impeachment process that consumes the nation. Will Claire survive to become president? Can she navigate the political landscape?

An explosion cripples the Pandora, a container ship in the Indian Ocean. Young Lieutenant Sam Rayburn and his crew trace the explosion to one of four shipping containers loaded in Yemen. Rayburn asks the U.S. Navy for help when communications are restored. A destroyer sends a boarding party which sets off an explosion in a second container. Naval Intelligence tries to determine who sent the containers and what weapons are inside, and Lieutenant Susan Lee becomes point person. A helicopter carrying an NCIS investigation team is downed by a blast from the third container. But why doesn't the fourth container explode? Scientists from the Office of Naval Research arrive to open all four containers and figure out what's happening. The fourth contains something different and far more dangerous than the others. The containers are destined for Gaza, and there is strong evidence they were ordered by terrorists. The President of the United hands control of the investigation to the Israelis since they are the intended target, with help from the Navy. Lee, Rayburn and the Israelis follow the cargo through several countries to its destination, working day and night to prevent an international catastrophe.