A Washington linage-maker suddenly

finds himself and his nine-year-old son

knee-deep in a political intrigue that

could spell global disaster in SINISTER

FORCES, a tantalizing new thriller from

the author of The President s Mistress

and Lords of the Earth.

Media genius Matt Boyle has helped

put a lot of people in public off ice,

including newly elected President Cal-

vin Webster. But with the tragic death

of his wife, Boyle has decided to drop

out of the Washington scene, deter-

mined to spend more time with his

nine-year-old son. Then the new Presi-

dent announces a bold plan for U.S.-

Soviet nuclear disarmament--a plan

threatened by a ruthless conspiracy

hatched deep within the arms industry.

It s a conspiracy Boyle s good friend

Jenna Webster, the ,president s free-

spirited daughter, stumbles onto just

before she mysteriously disappears, in

the first dramatic move of a deadly

game of elimination. Boyle doggedly

sets out to find her, and to discover

what she knows, endangering his own life and that of his son. In the novel s

exciting climax, Boyle is [breed to

choose between saving the life of the

son he loves or the life of his President.

SINlSTER FORCES blends the special

knowledge of a Washington insider--

the author served in the Kennedy,

JOhnson, and Carter administrations--

with the skill of a master storyteller, to

deliver one of the most suspenseful ,

you_can t-put-it-down thrillers in years.

In addition to novels, Patrick Anderson

hits written speeches for two Presidents

and several would-be Presidents. lie

lives in Waterford, Virginia with his

wife, daughter, and ten-year-old son.