title: The Next President
author:  Joseph Flynn 
description: J.D. Cade is a successful businessman who has put his first career, as an Army sniper in Vietnam, far behind him. And he's walked away from a volatile feud involving the Cades and the McCrays, two families who have hated each other for over a century for reasons barely remembered by any save the surviving McCrays. The McCrays have been gunning for the Cades as if the intervening years had never passed. Now Cade's being threatened with exposure for the steps he took to protect his family from the murderous McCrays years ago. And the blackmailer wants a very specific payment from this still-sharp shooter: he wants J.D. to assassinate the charismatic and principled candidate who is only weeks away from unseating the incumbent and being elected the first black president of the United States. If J.D. refuses, his beloved son's life will be destroyed. And despite the fact that he bears Franklin Delano Rawley no ill will, and even comes to respect and admire him, J.D. accepts the challenge and allows himself to be manipulated by the faceless, nameless threat to everything he holds dear. His first effort to kill the candidate fails. As he persists, the reader comes to understand the complexities of his character, and appreciate both his dilemma and his inner struggle. J.D. finds himself not only won over by the candidate but also drawn into a relationship with Rawley's savvy and attractive campaign manager. A decent, resourceful man with his own code of honor, J.D. must untangle the web of political deceit and intrigue that dates back to his own service in Vietnam in order to free himself from a shadowy adversary who will stop at nothing. An original, suspenseful thriller that will keep you turning the pages, Joseph Flynn's <i>The Next President</i> is appropriately timed to offer a literary alternative to what looks like the most tedious election campaign in years. <i>--Jane Adams</i>
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  War Party
  
  
  A John Tall Wolf Novel
  
  
  Joseph Flynn
  
  
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  Stray Dog Press, Inc.
  
  
  Springfield, IL
  
  
  2013
  
  
  Praise for Joseph Flynn’s novels
  
  
  
  
  
  “Flynn is an excellent storyteller.” —
  
  
  Booklist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Flynn keeps the pages turning.” —
  
  
  Houston Chronicle
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Flynn propels his plot with potent but flexible force.” —
  
  
  Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  Digger
  
  
  “A mystery cloaked as cleverly as (and perhaps better than) any John Grisham
  work.”
  
  
  
  
  
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  Denver Post
  
  
  
  
  
  “Surefooted, suspenseful and in its breathless final moments unexpectedly
  heartbreaking.”
  
  
  
  
  
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  Booklist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “An exciting, gritty, emotional page-turner.” — Robert K. Tannenbaum,
  
  
  New York Times
  
  
  Bestselling Author of
  
  
  True Justice
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Next President
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “
  
  
  The Next President
  
  
  bears favorable comparison to such classics as
  
  
  The Best Man, Advise and Consent
  
  
  and
  
  
  The Manchurian Candidate.
  
  
  ” —
  
  
  Booklist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “A thriller fast enou