Unlike, say, Osama bin Laden, who preferred to orchestrate atrocities from the shadows, Al-Asheed fancies himself a terrorism influencer, posting videos on social media in which he is in the center of the chaos he creates - casually beheading U.N. No sooner has he pumped himself up to fight off the kidnappers - “ OK, let’s do this thing,” he thinks to himself - than he dies “in a spray of blood.” Everything is thrown into disarray when Keating’s daughter, Mel, is seized by terrorists while on a hike with Tim, her blameless boyfriend. His retirement activities include canoe races against the head of his Secret Service detail. Keating is putting off writing his memoirs. James Patterson and Bill Clinton, whose new thriller, the second they’ve written together, is “The President’s Daughter.” Credit. journalists are 27 years old, no real experience except for reporting on political campaigns, and they literally know nothing.” It’s a rude question, but then again, as one character observes, “most D.C.

“How do you feel about being the only president in American history to lose re-election to his vice president?” a reporter asks Keating. As before, there is a disagreeable female politician - in this case, President Barnes, Keating’s erstwhile vice president, who treacherously ran against him. As before, the hero of this book becomes president not via Yale Law School and Oxford University, but through the messy man-of-the-people crucible of military service. officer played by Liam Neeson is continually called on to re-rescue his serially kidnapped daughter, “The President’s Daughter” has nothing to do with “The President Is Missing.” It has a new president, who has a new daughter and a new problem.īut like its predecessor, this novel offers tantalizing clues into the unconscious of Clinton, now 74. Unlike, say, the cinematic “Taken” trilogy, in which a raddled ex-Green Beret and C.I.A. Clinton is the ex-president whose other works include the memoir “My Life.” (At 1,056 pages, it is nearly 500 pages longer than this still-hefty new thriller.) Their first co-written novel, “The President Is Missing,” envisioned a scenario in which the American president, facing a deadly cyberterrorist attack that threatens to disconnect the entire United States from the internet, slips incognito into a baseball stadium and tries to solve the problem by himself.įans of the first book will be disappointed that its main character, President Jonathan Lincoln Duncan, doesn’t exist in this follow-up’s universe. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.Patterson is the author who has launched a thousand best sellers, with an army of co-writers. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'.

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