num_pages: 513
description: A brilliant American president is also a psychopath. He has his finger on the red button. And hes about to start a world war with our most dangerous enemy. Put your finger on the order button. Push it to read James Pattersons best and scariest novel yet. Pure Patterson Blowback asks us to imagine what would happen if a narcissistic psychopath were elected to the White House [and] to experience the terror of the world hanging in the balance at a moment when only a handful of determined patriots can save us. Ron Charles Washington PostUS President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders CIA agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president yet theyve sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. When the threat comes directly from the Oval Office thats where the blowback begins.
language: English
title: Blowback: James Patterson's Best Thriller in Years
publisher: Little, Brown and Company