05483cam a2200805 4500 565852894 TxAuBib 20220428120000.0 ||||||s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780345469885 0345469887 B000FBJCOE Amazon 11c3703c-55f3-46c2-890f-de8b427c4b6a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 37863 OverDrive (Product ID) 128157 128157 128157 TxAuBib Patterson, Richard North. Balance of Power [Libby eBook] : Kerry Kilcannon Series, Book 3. Random House Publishing Group, 2003. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 667kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. mystery thriller suspense. mystery suspense thriller. crime mystery thriller. mystery and thrillers. Mystery and Suspense. mystery and thriller. political thriller. suspense thriller. Crime and mystery. thriller suspense. mystery thrillers. mystery thriller. mystery suspense. mystery fiction. crime thriller. thriller books. mystery novels. suspense books. crime fiction. mystery crime. mystery books. crime novels. Gun control. crime novel. crime books. Political. Thrillers. politics. suspense. Thriller. mystery. crime. USA. HTML:Richard North Patterson’s masterful portrayals of law and politics at the apex of power have made him one of our most important writers of popular fiction. Combining a compelling narrative, exhaustive research, and a sophisticated grasp of contemporary society, his bestselling novels bring explosive social problems to vivid life through characters who are richly imagined and intensely real. Now in <i>Balance of</i> <i>Power</i> Patterson confronts one of America’s most inflammatory issues–the terrible toll of gun violence.<br /> <br /> President Kerry Kilcannon and his fiancée, television journalist Lara Costello, have at last decided to marry. But their wedding is followed by a massacre of innocents in a lethal burst of gunfire, challenging their marriage and his presidency in ways so shattering and indelibly personal that Kilcannon vows to eradicate gun violence and crush the most powerful lobby in Washington–the Sons of the Second Amendment (SSA).<br /> <br /> Allied with the President’s most determined rival, the resourceful and relentless Senate Majority Leader Frank Fasano, the SSA declares all-out war on Kerry Kilcannon, deploying its arsenal of money, intimidation, and secret dealings to eviscerate Kilcannon’s crusade–and, it hopes, destroy his presidency. This ignites a high-stakes game of politics and legal maneuvering in the Senate, the courtroom, and across the country, which the charismatic but untested young President is determined to win at any cost. But in the incendiary clash over gun violence and gun rights, the cost to both Kilcannons may be even higher than he imagined.<br /> <br /> And others in the crossfire may also pay the price: the idealistic lawyer who has taken on the gun industry; the embattled CEO of America’s leading gun maker; the war-hero senator caught between conflicting ambitions; the female senator whose career is at risk; and the grief-stricken young woman fighting to emerge from the shadow of her sister, the First Lady.<br /> <br /> The insidious ways money corrodes democracy and corrupts elected officials . . . the visceral debate between gun-rights and gun-control advocates . . . the bitter legal conflict between gun companies and the victims of gun violence . . . a ratings-driven media that both manipulates and is manipulated–Richard North Patterson weaves these engrossing themes into an epic novel that moves us with its force, passion, and authority. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-26 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/11C/370/3C/BalanceofPowerKerryKilcannonSeriesBoo9780345469885.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11C3703C-55F3-46C2-890F-DE8B427C4B6A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/11C/370/3C/BalanceofPowerKerryKilcannonSeriesBoo9780345469885.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11C3703C-55F3-46C2-890F-DE8B427C4B6A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/11C/370/3C/BalanceofPowerKerryKilcannonSeriesBoo9780345469885.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=11C3703C-55F3-46C2-890F-DE8B427C4B6A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)