01947cam a2200361 i 4500 416561310 TxAuBib 20200210120000.0 191108s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2019034975 9780062950901 0062950908 9780062955852 0062955853 TxAuBib rda Shaw, L. C., 1960- The network [PB] : a novel / L. C. Shaw. New York, NY : Harper, 2019. 395 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Late one night in his New York apartment, investigative journalist Jack Logan receives a surprise visit from US Senator Malcolm Phillips. Disheveled and in a panic, the senator swears he's about to be murdered, and he pleads with Jack to protect his wife, Taylor, who also happens to be the only woman Jack has ever truly loved. Days later, Phillips is found dead in a hotel room in Micronesia, the apparent victim of an allergy attack. While the nation mourns, Jack and Taylor race to find the one man who knows the truth. As they're pursued by unknown assailants, their desperate hunt leads them to the Institute, an immense facility shrouded in mystery which has indoctrinated a generation of America's political and media power players. Led by the enigmatic Damon Crosse, the Institute has its tentacles everywhere, but Taylor unknowingly holds the secret to the one thing Crosse needs to carry out his plan. 20200210. Conspiracies Fiction. Investigative reporting Fiction. Journalists Fiction. Reporters and reporting Fiction. Widows Fiction. Assassins Fiction. Political fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)