Steven Stabile, America's leading art and cultural critic, is famous for his controversial and hard-hitting political exposés including black market antiquities scandals, underground sex haunts, and police power. After he's mysteriously drugged, he lands in Bellevue's Psychiatric Hospital. Mattressa Hopkins, his former student and protégé, comes to his rescue. After discovering their news syndicate is undergoing a secretive takeover, they find themselves in political crosshairs when their investigations reveal an international cabal is attempting a global media coup. When one of their colleagues unexpectedly becomes the front-running Independent candidate in America's final contentious presidential election, a surprising turn of events takes them all the way to the Capitol--and a dramatic transformation of the entire U.S. government."A famous writer discovers a furtive operation by an international cabal to take over the world's media.

which culminates in a third-party presidential run that completely overhauls the nation's Constitution. Steven Stabile is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. [who] stumbles on evidence of a sprawling network of conspirators--including some major nations--collaborating to buy and control all of the world's major media empires. the orations are exceedingly thoughtful, in particular those on the profound political power of art."Kirkus Reviews.