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Democracy Trumped?
Would the President use terrorism as a reason to undermine our democratic institutions?
What if terrorists exploded radioactive "dirty bombs" at the Mall of America in Minnesota and Tysons Corner Center outside of Washington, DC? With the country in turmoil might not the President propose legislation to prevent future attacks on the American homeland by creating a national police force, the Homeland Guard?
These questions are just the beginning of the dramatic and character arc of "Maul of America," a new political thriller novel.
Mark Winslow, the chief staff member of a Capitol Hill Homeland Security Subcommittee, believes that the President's desire to pass the legislation within 15 days rides roughshod over the legislative process. But the pressure he faces is overwhelming. His tenacity is strengthened when his close friend, Roop Embry -- an Administration insider -- warns him of his suspicions about the legislation and is killed that evening in a hit-and-run incident. Assisted by Judith Mazzafirri, a Government Accountability Office investigator introduced to him by his friend, he unearths and shatters the forces behind the attacks.

Maul of America