The Constant Fugitive

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  • the
  • buck
  • stops
  • at
  • the
  • president's
  • desk.
  • but
  • how
  • often
  • in
  • fact
  • has
  • the
  • president
  • been
  • impeached
  • and
  • removed
  • from
  • office?
  • never
  • in
  • the
  • history
  • of
  • the
  • united
  • states,
  • not
  • once.
  • in
  • 'the
  • constant
  • fugitive',
  • a
  • novel
  • that
  • explores
  • the
  • nexus
  • between
  • jihad
  • and
  • home-grown
  • terrorism,
  • the
  • odds
  • against
  • sacking
  • the
  • president
  • are
  • brought
  • vividly
  • to
  • life
  • when
  • fbi
  • director
  • joe
  • gabriel
  • commits
  • a
  • crime
  • at
  • the
  • bidding
  • of
  • the
  • white
  • house
  • and
  • refuses
  • to
  • take
  • the
  • rap
  • for
  • his
  • political
  • masters.
  • joe
  • orchestrates
  • his
  • own
  • disappearance,
  • setting
  • off
  • a
  • manhunt
  • that
  • begins
  • in
  • washington,
  • d.c.
  • and
  • comes
  • to
  • a
  • violent
  • end
  • in
  • the
  • green
  • mountains
  • of
  • vermont.
  • enlivened
  • by
  • an
  • assortment
  • of
  • headstrong
  • characters
  • and
  • unsparing
  • in
  • its
  • portrayal
  • of
  • american
  • militancy
  • and
  • the
  • duplicity
  • of
  • the
  • washington
  • elites,
  • 'the
  • constant
  • fugitive'
  • delivers
  • a
  • powerful
  • message
  • about
  • personal
  • responsibility
  • and
  • the
  • sacrifices
  • required
  • of
  • those
  • who
  • wish
  • to
  • preserve
  • our freedoms.
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