Favorite Son
Steve Sohmer
- “Fast,
- characterful,
- intricate,
- surprising
- .
- .
- .
- Sohmer
- knows
- his
- way
- around
- television,
- politics,
- Washington
- and
- suspense
- fiction.”
- **—**Los
- Angeles
- Times
- Book
- ReviewIt
- begins
- with
- an
- assassination.
- A
- Nicaraguan
- freedom
- fighter
- is
- gunned
- down
- on
- live
- TV
- while
- being
- welcomed
- to
- the
- United
- States
- by
- Sen.
- Terry
- Fallon.
- Though
- shot
- and
- wounded,
- Fallon,
- an
- up-and-coming
- political
- star
- from
- Texas,
- survives,
- and
- milks
- the
- spotlight
- with
- help
- from
- his
- ambitious
- and
- fiercely
- loyal
- press
- aide
- Sally
- Crain.As
- the
- nominating
- convention
- looms
- on
- the
- horizon,
- incumbent
- president,
- Samuel
- Baker,
- faces
- an
- uphill
- battle
- in
- his
- fight
- for
- a
- second
- term.
- His
- campaign
- needs
- an
- injection
- of
- new
- blood—and
- who
- better
- than
- Fallon,
- the
- newly
- crowned
- hero?
- But
- Baker’s
- existing
- vice
- president
- isn’t
- going
- down
- without
- a
- fight
- .
- .
- .Thrust
- into
- the
- hunt
- for
- the
- assassin,
- two
- FBI
- agents,
- a
- grizzled
- veteran,
- and
- a
- brash
- rookie,
- soon
- learn
- that
- nothing
- is
- as
- it
- seems
- in
- the
- corridors—and
- bedrooms—of
- power.
- Political
- operatives
- fight
- tooth
- and
- nail
- to
- control
- the
- narrative,
- secrets
- are
- exposed
- and
- exploited,
- and
- a
- deadly
- virus
- is
- weaponized,
- all
- to
- cover
- up
- a
- conspiracy
- that
- could
- topple
- the
- American
- government.But
- for
- the
- most
- dangerous
- man
- in
- the
- world,
- everything
- is
- falling
- into
- place,
- making
- it
- easier
- than
- ever
- for
- his
- ascendency
- .
- .
- .“Extremely
- good
- reading.”
- **—**The
- Washington
- Post
- Book
- World“Outstanding.”
- **—**The
- Cincinnati
- Post“Intensely
- plotted,
- fast-moving.”
- —
- Publishers
- Weekly“Exciting,
- scandalous.”
- **—**Kirkus
- Reviews“Top-notch
- thriller
- fiction
- .
- .
- .
- Irresistible.” **—**Booklist
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