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62) Balance of power
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Kerry Kilcannon trilogy volume 3
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[2003]
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The marriage of President Kerry Kilcannon and TV journalist Lara Costello is marred by a massacre of innocent civilians by gunfire, setting in motion events that reveal the hidden connections among guns, money, and power in Washington.
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While writing a biography of Graham Hayward, the upright and highly regarded former president of the United States, journalist Simon Keller comes across landscape designer Dina McDermott, who may be Hayward's illegitimate daughter. Dina has grown up believing that Jude McDermott is her mother. Jude, torn between telling her daughter the truth and protecting her from it, is afraid that revealing her parentage may prove dangerous, especially since Dina's...
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"Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott--an American marksman gone bad--is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison, he's out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G-8 summit packed with enough world leaders...
67) The first family
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2018.
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The White House is not an easy place to grow up, so when the president's son Cam Hilliard, a sixteen-year-old chess champion, experiences extreme fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss the troubles as teen angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray, whose job is to guard the president's family with her life, is convinced Cam's issues are serious - seroius enough for her to summon her physician ex-husband...
69) Five years after
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"Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden...
70) Father night
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Jack McClure novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
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When reform efforts in the Middle East culminate in a violent power struggle between two criminal underworld bosses, Jack McClure finds himself at the center of a multi-national uprising that is complicated by powerful enemies.
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Wind Dancer volume 4
Pub. Date
2001
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The president's daughter has fallen into the darkness of severe catatonic trauma after witnessing the murder of her nanny and the Secret Service agents on duty to protect her. Melissa Riley is attempting to help young Cassie, little knowing that there's a dangerous international game of intrigue under way.
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2020
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A prohetic arning about where we, as a nation, may be headed. Mike Pence is President after years of divisive, dogmatic control by Donald Trump. The country is in turmoil as the Republicans have strengthened their stronghold on Congress, increasing their dominance. And with the support of the Supreme Court, more conservative than ever, State governments become more marginalized by the authoritaian rule of the Federal government.
74) Twist of fate
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2003
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Just as her husband's campaign for the U.S Presidency is about to start, journalist Lauren Taylor is confronted with proof of her affair with a woman a few years before. The threat of exposure forces Lauren to re-examine her life's choices and what she has been running from for years. Sometimes all it takes is a twist of fate to change everything.
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Sean Dillon volume 9
Pub. Date
c2001
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"A murderous vendetta places at stake not only lives, but the fate of nations."--Book jacket.
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Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
The life of Harriet Hemings, daughter of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, his slave and mistress. Passing for white because of her light skin and red hair, Harriet is tormented by the thought that her husband could be jailed and her children sold into slavery if the truth of her race came out. By the author of Echo of Lions.
78) Big game
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"Every boy in Oskari's remote mountain village must face a ritual hunt on his thirteenth birthday--the Trial--to become a man. It's Oskari's turn, and whatever animal he kills--if he succeeds--will symbolize who he will become. But the idea of spending a night alone in the forest makes him queasy, and the ceremonial bow he has to use is too big for him. Not long after he sets out, Oskari comes across a strange creature in the woods, emerging in eerie...
79) Shelving doubts
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Rosemont volume 6
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"Maggie Martin loves her new job as president of Highpointe College—until she receives a call from librarian Sunday Sloan. Do the dusty shelves of Highpointe’s rare book collection conceal their own deadly secrets? Meanwhile, Josh Newlon, Maggie’s administrative assistant, receives devastating news about his father. It turns out that his adoptive parents haven’t been completely honest with him. As Josh unreels the layers of his past, he meets...
80) The justice
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[2002]
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Daryn Austin, riding a wave of popularity after becoming the first female president in the history of the U.S., provokes a crisis in her administration when she appoints old college flame Paul Santana to the Supreme Court only to have him turn from her and give his life over to God.
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