02967cam a2200409 i 4500 261375020 TxAuBib 20160421120000.0 151214s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015045816 9781250056245 hardcover 1250056241 hardcover TxAuBib rda Berry, Steve, 1955- The 14th colony [HC] / Steve Berry. Fourteenth colony. First edition. New York : Minotaur Books, 2016. pages ; cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nb rdacarrier Cotton Malone ; 11 "What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States. Before escaping, Malone learns that Zorin and another ex-KGB officer, this one a sleeper still embedded in the West, are headed overseas to Washington D.C. Inauguration Day--noon on January 20th--is only hours away. A flaw in the Constitution, and an even more flawed presidential succession act, have opened the door to disaster and Zorin intends to exploit both weaknesses to their fullest. Armed with a weapon leftover from the Cold War, one long thought to be just a myth, Zorin plans to attack. He's aided by a shocking secret hidden in the archives of America's oldest fraternal organization--the Society of Cincinnati--a group that once lent out its military savvy to presidents, including helping to formulate three invasion plans of what was intended to be America's 14th colony--Canada. In a race against the clock that starts in the frozen extremes of Russia and ultimately ends at the White House itself, Malone must not only battle Zorin, he must also confront a crippling fear that he's long denied, but which now jeopardizes everything. Steve Berry's trademark mix of history and speculation is all here in this provocative new thriller"-- Provided by publisher. 20160421. Malone, Cotton (Fictitious character) Fiction. National security United States Fiction. Presidents Succession United States Fiction. Targeted killing Fiction. Secret societies Fiction. FICTION / Espionage. Political fiction. Suspense fiction. Spy stories. Cotton Malone ; 11. https://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/245/9781250056245/image/lgcover.9781250056245.jpg Cover image