The Reluctant Revolution

The convergence of Illinois power politics, a U.S. presidentialelection, and Chinese desire for complete globalcontrol has the potential to change the course of history.Soon, Macau's entire economic structure will revert to restrictivecontrol under the People's Republic of China. Time is ofthe essence if the Jiang Chinese syndicate is going to "buy" asitting U.S. President. From a state-level real estate scam to actualcontrol of federal buildings, Jiang will own the very housesof democracy. They can be sold, sabotaged, bugged, anythingthat he desires. His greatest asset, however, will be thePresident of the United States. He will control the most powerfulcountry in the world.. A crooked Illinois governor, who has been facilitating lucrativeand illegal offshore funding of government real estateprojects, is positioned to run virtually unopposed for Presidentof the United States. What was to be an electoral certaintyis on the verge of being destroyed by an ingenious politicaltreatise and its unsuspecting but well-placed author. THERELUCTANT REVOLUTION is a political thriller that is as currentas today's news and as alarming as tomorrow's headlines. Apolitical essay on how to improve government written by theGovernor's senior staffer, Jack Neeley, becomes the causepremier of a national television icon who sweeps the charismaticauthor into his own presidential campaign and a resultinglife and death struggle between the entrenched moguls ofinternational political power, organized crime and the will ofthe people.. Jack is joined by a beautiful agent of the U.S. SecretService, Christine Howard, who discovers the truth that no oneelse knows - or dares to investigate. Intense pressures fueled bypolitical motivations far beyond Jack Neeley's comprehensioncarry him to the edge of extinction, and the combined powerof the public forum and strength of a unique woman catapulthim to the pinnacle of success. An average citizen innocentlydrafted into the service of a political machine, Jack Neeleybecomes the promise of what the political system could reallybe. He will be the next POTUS, but it will take all the resourcesof the Secret Service to deliver him to the podium to take theoath of office.