In Bill Clinton's New Thriller, A (Fictional) President Faces Impeachment
The President Is Missing follows a commander in chief trying to thwart a cyberattack — and not lose his job. Clinton co-wrote the book with best-selling author James Patterson.
There's a new novel out Monday — a political thriller told from the perspective of a U.S. president who's been called to testify as his opponents lay the groundwork to impeach him. The narrator, President Jonathan Duncan, describes the scene toward the beginning of the book:
I am alone at my chair. No aides, no lawyers, no notes. The American people are not going to see me exchanging hushed whispers with an attorney, my hand over the microphone, removing it to testify that. I'm not hiding. I shouldn't have to be here, and I sure as hell don't want to be here, but here I am. Just me. The president of the United States, facing a mob of accusers.
