When an assassin takes aim at presidential candidate Teddy Lodge during a primary speech, killing his wife instead, Lodge suddenly becomes a media darling, the man to beat, and a threat to incumbent Morgan Taylor, but an investigation into the case by Special Service Agent Scott Roarke uncovers a deadly plot dating back more than thirty years that is linked to perilous Middle Eastern alliances. Reprint. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.