The Next Nine Hours Will Decide the Fate of a Nation & the Soul of a President Inauguration Eve 2045. Although Jackson Piper has been selected President by Congress, America is unknowingly on the brink of war. President Marco Alvarez is shot by the Secret Service—but not before issuing a nuclear strike order that is either an act of vengeance or allegiance. In the vacuum of power, the Constitution thrusts Speaker Sylvester Billings into the Oval Office with an impossible mandate: steer the nation through its darkest hours while a nuclear clock ticks toward midnight. As Billings battles rogue military factions and his own party's treachery, he recalls what brought him and Jackson Piper together. Now, as the clock races toward noon, America faces one final reckoning. Will it welcome its first Bull Moose president—or be destroyed by the forces that tried to prevent one? For fans of The President Is Missing by James Patterson, Jack Ryan, & political thrillers where every second counts.
