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A Time to Run is the remarkable literary debut of United States Senator Barbara Boxer. Senator Boxer, writing with Mary-Rose Hayes, tells an exciting tale. The novel follows Ellen Fines from college student to rising political star. When her husband is killed in a car accident during his campaign for the Senate, Ellen assumes his candidacy and achieves an upset victory over a political machine. On the eve of a crucial vote, past and public worlds collide when Ellen's former lover, now a journalist with strong right-wing connections, gives her sensitive documents that could either make or break her career.

Tom Clancy has written remarkable novels before, but nothing comparable to the timeliness and drama of his latest work of fiction. Executive Orders is filled with the exceptional realism and intricate plotting that are his hallmarks, making this book a must-read.

In this geopolitical thriller, Clarke takes readers just five years into the future, when forces in the Middle East and the United States are at work to launch a war that could be nuclear and spread to Asia and beyond. (Men's Adventure)

Condon's Cold War espionage classic, first adapted to film in 1962, is updated for a new motion picture from Paramount Pictures directed by Jonathan Demme ("Philadelphia") and starring Academy Award( winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep. Original.

A tobacco bill has been introduced into the Florida State Legislature, and on its passage rests the livelihoods -- and, in some cases, the lives -- of many of the state's finest residents. Soon, ruthless executives, venal politicians, sexy lobbyists -- and that rarest of breeds, a few honest citizens -- reach critical mass as the campaign comes down to its final frantic days, prompting skulduggery, mayhem, heroism...and maybe even true love. Another "funny, fast-moving farce" (Kirkus) from the veteran Florida journalist.

In this provocative novel, Fuentes exposes many of the political skeletons lurking in the closet of Mexican history, as he weaves a novel of cunning, naked ambition, and duplicity.

From the "New York Times" bestselling author comes a high-octane action thriller about a CIA director dead--and his successor in trouble with his enemies from day one.368 pp.

Congressman T. Claude "Buzzer" LeBrand--who hails from a Southern district fallen on hard times--has barely been reelected when videotape of him frolicking with bikini-clad bimbos ends up on the evening news. Then just as all seems lost, Buzzer has a heart attack, hits his head, and falls into a coma.

After an assassination attempt on the president, an honest lawyer with strong political connections flies under the radar on a twisted path through the Secret Service, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security to uncover how security's inside ring has been compromised.

The timeless classic prophetically written in 1935 by the Nobel Prize-winningauthor of Babbit, Arrowsmith, and Main Street. Lewis tells a chilling tale oftotalitarianism and the death of democracy in the United States.

In the bestselling tradition of "Absolute Power" and "The Tenth Justice", a veteran Washington press insider delivers a timely, gripping first novel about an attempt on the president's life 12 days before the election.

In this first novel by CNN political correspondent Mitchell, a Washington, D.C. consultant lands herself in the middle of a high-profile scandal when a former flame is accused of selling military secrets to the Chinese.