Balance of Power: A NovelOff the coast of Indonesia, an American cargo ship has been seized by terrorists, its captain kidnapped and its crew mercilessly slaughtered. In Washington, a peace-loving President's refusal to punish the transgressors has enraged the sitting Congress, led by a wrathful Speaker of the House. An ambitious young congressional assistant, Jim Dillon has discovered a time bomb hidden away in America's Constitution—a provision that could be used to wrest power from the Chief Executive, a long-forgotten law that could incite a devastating constitutional crisis . . . and plunge the country into chaos. Now, as a battle group steams toward a fateful confrontation in the Java Sea—commissioned by Congress and opposed by the President—Dillon finds himself in the center of a firestorm that rages from the highest court in the land to the killing fields half a world away. Suddenly there is much more at stake than the life of a single surviving hostage and a superpower's military credibility—as a great nation prepares for war . . . against itself. |
Contents
Section 20 | 262 |
Section 21 | 272 |
Section 22 | 291 |
Section 23 | 307 |
Section 24 | 321 |
Section 25 | 336 |
Section 26 | 346 |
Section 27 | 359 |
Section 9 | 113 |
Section 10 | 127 |
Section 11 | 145 |
Section 12 | 157 |
Section 13 | 174 |
Section 14 | 189 |
Section 15 | 198 |
Section 16 | 210 |
Section 17 | 221 |
Section 18 | 233 |
Section 19 | 245 |
Section 28 | 372 |
Section 29 | 393 |
Section 30 | 408 |
Section 31 | 422 |
Section 32 | 430 |
Section 33 | 451 |
Section 34 | 473 |
Section 35 | 484 |
Section 36 | 513 |
Section 37 | 523 |
Section 38 | 543 |