This second half of British author John Matthews political thriller was, according to the author, written in the 1990s and republished in 2012 as a two-part ebook in response to America's ongoing gun violence. It is a complicated novel about a plot led by a wealthy right-wing activist and his henchmen, most of whom are former FBI or military intelligence agents, to blackmail the vice president into submitting to their orders, kill the president, letting the VP, now their puppet, assume control of the government. The story has the required thrill factor and twists and turns that keep the reader guessing.

Sadly, however, the poor editing detracts in a major way from the story. There are multiple grammatical errors, many typos, unusual phrases, and hard-to-follow transitions between the many characters and scenes. Some problems might have been avoided had an American editor had a look at it--for example, we don't call parking garages 'car parks' or the cars on a train 'carriages' . I kept feeling I was reading about some place in Europe. The subject matter, however, was certainly timely and it kept me reading to the end. ( )