In God We Trust: A Novel of American Politics

A chronicle of our times, In God We Trust is the story of Dante Jefferson Washington, a smart, young, black, religious conservative seeking to make his mark on the Washington D.C. political stage. His lofty ambitions for public service soon become entangled in the web of partisan tribal conflict, religion, and money that defines our national political dysfunction. Dante, a social outcast because of his race and political ideals, seeks the love of a former college classmate, a beautiful Eurasian Muslim woman who works as a medical ER intern in New York. Their lives and those of their two closest friends are torn apart by the disaster of 9/11 and the war that follows.