Probably best for those interested in politics, although even then it may feel like a re-hash of recent history. So it might also appeal to history buffs who want a fictional take. This is pretty well written. I just didn't get into it as much as other novels.

Thanks very much for the review copy!!

Billionaire industrialists Sheldon and Richard Haft have an agenda, and they are accustomed to manipulating any system they choose to achieve their goals. When they decide that the U.S. government isn’t serving them or the nation well, they take their machinations to the next level. The fund a good Samaritan group, with the intention of sewing chaos and hopefully lead to the impeachment of the current president.

For those who love a detailed political story, this book will be a draw. The imagined power of big money in politics and well placed contacts in the political realm is slightly terrifying and yet given the world today, totally imaginable. That being said, this was not a book I enjoyed. If I wasn't committed to getting my feedback percentage up on Netgalley, I would have marked this as a DNF. The book started with laying a completely parallel political system to the Obama White House in 2012. I found this premise a little bit lazy. I also didn't love the style- there was no constant narrator or perspective to the story and no characters to root for. I also found that all of the pieces of the plan falling into place so seamlessly was just a bit too good to be true. I give it one star.

this was a really good read, I liked the mystery and found it was well done. The characters were great and I really enjoyed the author's writing style.

Entertaining to have a, to me, humorous view of recent American history and characters, however thinly disguised. The events portrayed tell of the "behind the scenes" of American politics and how ego, not character, are the motivation for elected officials' actions. This story is a reminder of the need to vote for candidates who support your/America's interest and to vote incumbents out of office who do not act in the manner they supported to get elected.

The imagined story of the impeachment of a President. The story is thinly disguised as an alternate history of the Obama administration. Specifically, the conjuring up of a catastrophe (the illegal immigration of Central Americans) by the Koch brothers, eventually leading to the end of the Obama administration.
The author uses different names for characters and countries, but it is easy to see who he is referring to. Obama, Biden, the Koch brothers, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan; I found the pseudonyms to be distracting and pointless.
The story itself was engaging. It takes a current problem (illegal immigration) and expounds on it. However, the supposed tone deafness of Obama was unrealistic. The lack of intelligence assumed by various Federal agencies in ferreting out the plot seems to be plausible only in right wing circles.
This could have been a really thought provoking book, if only it did not rely so much on right wing conspiracy theory so much.