The Elect

Reed Thompson is the country's leading conservative talk radio host. His wife Sandy is a successful public relations executive. Together, they enjoy the rarified life of wealth and comfort in their urbane Chicago social circles. Yet that uncomplicated existence is turned upside down when the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for President is killed in a helicopter crash on the eve of the New Hampshire primary and Reed is cast into the unlikely role as the heir apparent for the Republican nomination for President. Rapidly drawn into a high stakes battle for the Republican nomination, the couple remain unaware that Reed is the intended victim in a complex web of blackmail, murder, and religious extremism that threatens to destroy any remaining wall of separation between church and state. Faced with an impossible choice, Reed must decide whether to divulge the secret that threatens to destroy him, or become the next victim in an out of control religious crusade that might just be too powerful to stop. THE ELECT is a compelling fast paced thriller that races toward the most unlikely of conclusions. An all too real political scenario that mirrors an increasingly divided country, THE ELECT is a cautionary tale about the dangerous consequences we face when the wall of separation between church and state is poised to collapse forever.