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New & Improved!
Madison Avenue meets Pennsylvania Avenue in the political thriller, New & Improved!
Can an ad agency creative superstar thwart a communist plot to take over the U.S. Government following the 1992 presidential election?
Ben Coleman, a successful forty-five-year-old New York City “Ad Man” and Vietnam War era Navy fighter pilot, is lured from his comfortable but predictable existence to Washington, D.C. to create the popular President Roger’s re-election campaign. Everyone wants to achieve a “landslide victory” in November, even the bad guys in high government positions. Ben reunites with Chet Greenwood—his jet squadron wingman who heads the White House Secret Service detail, meets the gorgeous and brilliant Laura Simpson—the President’s research aide, and gets up close and personal with the excitement and sudden dangers of the Washington, D.C. political circus.
Soon after arriving in the nation’s capital, Ben stumbles across a plot to assassinate the President upon his re-election, which will enable the Vice President—a deep-cover communist spy—and other highly-placed “moles” to take over the government. America’s 216 years of freedom are in jeopardy. Can Ben Coleman, relying on his creative talents and combative instincts, outwit a devious plot unleashed in Moscow fifty years earlier, and avoid a tragic disaster before unsuspecting voters go to the polls in November to re-elect the President?
Can an ad agency creative superstar thwart a communist plot to take over the U.S. Government following the 1992 presidential election?
Ben Coleman, a successful forty-five-year-old New York City “Ad Man” and Vietnam War era Navy fighter pilot, is lured from his comfortable but predictable existence to Washington, D.C. to create the popular President Roger’s re-election campaign. Everyone wants to achieve a “landslide victory” in November, even the bad guys in high government positions. Ben reunites with Chet Greenwood—his jet squadron wingman who heads the White House Secret Service detail, meets the gorgeous and brilliant Laura Simpson—the President’s research aide, and gets up close and personal with the excitement and sudden dangers of the Washington, D.C. political circus.
Soon after arriving in the nation’s capital, Ben stumbles across a plot to assassinate the President upon his re-election, which will enable the Vice President—a deep-cover communist spy—and other highly-placed “moles” to take over the government. America’s 216 years of freedom are in jeopardy. Can Ben Coleman, relying on his creative talents and combative instincts, outwit a devious plot unleashed in Moscow fifty years earlier, and avoid a tragic disaster before unsuspecting voters go to the polls in November to re-elect the President?
370 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2013
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December 4, 2013
This first novel from talented "ad man" and Navy jet pilot, Peter Engler, is a real page-turner that will keep the reader up at night. It certainly kept me up! If you like political thrillers, this one has some unique twists and turns that you will not see coming.
I had the privelege of working on this book, as the book "midwife." Consequently, I had the opportunity to read it in advance of publication. I think Peter has told a compelling story that holds the reader's attention and makes them want more!
If you like Stuart Woods' books, you will LOVE New & Improved!
It is available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle.
I had the privelege of working on this book, as the book "midwife." Consequently, I had the opportunity to read it in advance of publication. I think Peter has told a compelling story that holds the reader's attention and makes them want more!
If you like Stuart Woods' books, you will LOVE New & Improved!
It is available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle.
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See the Amazon page at:
http://www.amazon.com/New-Improved-Po...
("Look inside" the book.)
See the author's web page at: http://granthampress.com/about-peter/
April 26, 2014
Perhaps because I spent my entire life in advertising...and because I am a fan of old-school thrillers (e.g. James Bond, Matt Helm) I enjoyed this book a lot. You'll find plenty of action and intrigue throughout the story...as the intrepid adman saves the world.
December 22, 2013
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