An odd, but interesting book. Following the two paths (the outlandish and the ego, obvs) until their obligatory collision was quite a ride. And I loved getting into Samuel’s head! The Aide? Not so much. Although…

<i>During the presidential race, he was so determined, so voraciously hungry for victory that he said and did whatever he felt was necessary to win, and he knew that he would have gone even further if he had needed to. And it was after that win that he tasted it. It was not the normal taste of victory he experienced when he was marching up the ladder, no. This was different. This tasted of something else. …and once you got a taste, you would commit any heinous or savage or brutal act necessary to preserve that taste, even if it meant the inevitable dehumanizing of strangers within the country’s borders.</i>

Sounds like a certain political party I know!

<i>And once you get that taste, the ego never dies.</i>

The scary thing about this book it’s obviously supposed to be satire, operating on complete hyperbole. But the more time passes, the closer reality gets to hyperbole. You can almost see this kind of thing playing out in our country right now.

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and Xlibris for a copy in return for an honest review.</i>

Thank you very much for making this volume available for my review. The appeal of this particular book was not evident to me, and if I cannot file a generally positive review I prefer simply to advise the publisher to that effect and file no review at all.