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The President takes his last breaths in a hospital bed. The Vice President, Carlyn Foreman, is poised to take office.
Yet Foreman is both un-elected and unpopular. Almost everybody around him believes him to be a repellent human being, fundamentally unfit for office, and even a Russia sympathiser. Two questions remain. Can Foreman be stopped? Should he be stopped?
In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, few Americans have an appetite for conflict, but there is an exception: The Destruction Committee. Forged in the theatre of war, the Destruction Committee comprises top-grade soldiers, men who know how to kill quickly, ruthlessly and without being caught. Operating well outside the law, they declare themselves dedicated to the greater good. The Destruction Committee believes that Carlyn Foreman is a threat to that greater good.
The Destruction Committee is a smart, political thriller explores the nature of American politics, the psychological effects of war and death, and the allocation of political power.
'Coughlin keeps you burning the midnight oil to the very end' - Kirkus Reviews
'First-rate entertainment' - Booklist
William J. Coughlin has combined a career as a United States administrative judge in Detroit with that of a best-selling novelist. His four previous highly acclaimed and successful novels are The Twelve Apostles, His Father's Daughter, In the Presence of Enemies and Shadow of a Doubt.
Genre: Thriller
Yet Foreman is both un-elected and unpopular. Almost everybody around him believes him to be a repellent human being, fundamentally unfit for office, and even a Russia sympathiser. Two questions remain. Can Foreman be stopped? Should he be stopped?
In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, few Americans have an appetite for conflict, but there is an exception: The Destruction Committee. Forged in the theatre of war, the Destruction Committee comprises top-grade soldiers, men who know how to kill quickly, ruthlessly and without being caught. Operating well outside the law, they declare themselves dedicated to the greater good. The Destruction Committee believes that Carlyn Foreman is a threat to that greater good.
The Destruction Committee is a smart, political thriller explores the nature of American politics, the psychological effects of war and death, and the allocation of political power.
Praise for William J. Coughlin:
'Coughlin keeps you burning the midnight oil to the very end' - Kirkus Reviews
'First-rate entertainment' - Booklist
William J. Coughlin has combined a career as a United States administrative judge in Detroit with that of a best-selling novelist. His four previous highly acclaimed and successful novels are The Twelve Apostles, His Father's Daughter, In the Presence of Enemies and Shadow of a Doubt.
Genre: Thriller
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