A provocative conspiracy thriller about the most dangerous weapon in politics: a leader the world believes it recognises.
Set across The White House, military America, Russia and covert transit routes.
A presidency changes hands, but the man behind the desk may no longer be the man the electorate chose. Across military camps, intelligence networks and the corridors of Washington, an operation built on identity, coercion and strategic deception threatens to turn American power against the world it once protected.
The novel follows the rise of a new administration while a second operation unfolds far from public view. Recruitment, training and manipulation are handled with military patience; by the time the pieces begin to align, the presidency itself has become the centre of the deception.
Inside the story
Policy reversals and erratic decisions ripple through alliances, defence planning and the lives of those closest to the president. The unsettling question is not simply whether a leader can be replaced, but how long institutions will obey the image of authority after the person has vanished.
Moving between intimate human pressure and global consequences, the story leads directly into the wider architecture of conflict confronted again in Hitler's Son.
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The wrong door
A 30-second cinematic interpretation of the impostor's first night inside the White House: one automatic step towards the wrong bathroom nearly exposes the man behind the presidential face.
“Military weapons belong in the hands of the military, period.”
From The Fake President
The world of the book
The White House, military America, Russia and covert transit routes
What draws you in
↗ A high-concept identity conspiracy
↗ A globe-spanning covert operation
↗ Political decisions with military consequences
At its heart
◆ Identity
◆ State power
◆ Geopolitical deception
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