A Novel as Timely as Todays Headlines: Close Election Leads to Chaos in Electoral College

In Stealing the White House, the losing candidate tries to hijack the presidency.

(PRWEB) November 5, 2004 -- The cliffhanger presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 have thrown the Electoral College into the spotlight. Could the presidency be hijacked in the Electoral College?

That's what happens in John Westins fast-paced novel Stealing the White House (Xlibris). The incumbent President wins the election, but the challenger - John Forrester - refuses to give up. Soon, strange things happen to Electoral College electors: ... A writer of horror books is given a mysterious post-hypnotic suggestion in Texas... The owner of a special effects studio in Los Angeles is murdered... A college basketball coach in Tennessee is blackmailed.

When the Electoral College convenes, faithless electors" give Forrester the victory he was denied at the polls.

The nation is confused and divided. The President sends Assistant Chief of Staff Larry Richmond and Larrys girlfriend, Sheila, on a desperate mission to prove Forrester corrupted electors before the challenger takes office.

The mission takes Larry and Sheila to California, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado and finally New Mexico, where Larry manages to swipe Forresters personal laptop computer. But Forrester is scheduled to assume the presidency in a few hours. Does the laptop hold the data Larry and Sheila need to prove Forrester corrupted electors?

Stealing the White House is available from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Xlibris. com. (ISBN: 0-7388-5727-0)

Westin is also the author of The Anchor War (Writers Club Press).

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