03364cam a2200481Ii 4500 25521 25521 946693464 OCoLC 20190502001123.0 160414s2017 nyu 000 1 eng d 1250058457 (paperback) 9781250058454 (paperback) (OCoLC)946693464 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCQ ZQP IUK OCLCF NYP NYPP FIC Berry, Steve, 1955- author. 5535 The 14th colony / Steve Berry. Fourteenth colony. New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2017. x, 560 pages ; 20 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. "What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States. Before escaping, Malone learns that Zorin and another ex-KGB officer, this one a sleeper still embedded in the West, are headed overseas to Washington D.C. Inauguration Day--noon on January 20th--is only hours away. A flaw in the Constitution, and an even more flawed presidential succession act, have opened the door to disaster and Zorin intends to exploit both weaknesses to their fullest. Armed with a weapon leftover from the Cold War, one long thought to be just a myth, Zorin plans to attack. He's aided by a shocking secret hidden in the archives of America's oldest fraternal organization--the Society of Cincinnati--a group that once lent out its military savvy to presidents, including helping to formulate three invasion plans of what was intended to be America's 14th colony--Canada. In a race against the clock that starts in the frozen extremes of Russia and ultimately ends at the White House itself, Malone must not only battle Zorin, he must also confront a crippling fear that he's long denied, but which now jeopardizes everything. Steve Berry's trademark mix of history and speculation is all here in this provocative new thriller"-- Provided by publisher. Malone, Cotton (Fictitious character) Fiction. 1303 National security United States Fiction. 5536 Presidents Succession United States Fiction. 5537 Targeted killing Fiction. 5538 Secret societies Fiction. 1869 Malone, Cotton (Fictitious character) fast (OCoLC)fst01745863. 1305 National security. fast (OCoLC)fst01033711. 5539 Presidents Succession. fast (OCoLC)fst01075820. 5540 Secret societies. fast (OCoLC)fst01110663. 5541 Targeted killing. fast (OCoLC)fst01771819. 5542 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155. 1467 Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787. 240 MARS cb CATBL aew CAT Corrected entry for Berry ddc BOOK .b211689695 m ddc 0 0 ABELJ abelj OPB 2018-04-24 2 OPB BERR 37594 2018-06-08 2018-05-31 2018-04-24 BOOK