Verdict: Midden does a very good job at tying current political issues into a fictional setting and the characters are interesting enough so the reader feels they have a stock in their well being. And while the love angle leans towards the bit sappy, it was believable.

A fanatical right-wing religious group is threatening to destroy the United States from within and set up a religious oligarchy.  It is up to a junior moderate Republican Senator, Jake Telemark, and the daughter of a famous politician, Dora Hathaway, to take down this group before their plans can come to fruition.

Midden does a very good job at tying current political issues into a fictional setting and the characters are interesting enough so the reader feels they have a stock in their well being.  And while the love angle leans towards the  bit sappy, it was believable. 

More face-to-face interaction with the fanatical  religious group would have helped create a greater sense of their evil, and lacking that, the ending was slightly anti-climatic.

Reviewed by IR Staff