In a nation fleeced by selfish politicians and bereft of pride and purpose, the American voters turn to a new party for presidential representation: Mike Macdonald.
The Centrists win enough seats in the Senate and House to create a three-party system, and they and President Macdonald were focused on financial and social renewal. However, the nuclear bombing of an American city and a diabolical foreign plot to strip the US dollar to third-world status forces Macdonald to put on his poker face and set up an international bluff that has to work.
Rude Awakenings will invoke your courage, sense of romance, and fervor for outwitting the bad guys.