Easy Squeezy

Barton Oliver lives with a terrible secret. He's in the witness protection program. People will kill him to find the $100 million his father stole from the mob. And, through a series of misfortunes, Oliver just became the President of the United States.

The country's future hinges on what could be the last presidential election as two mercenaries — one a disgraced ex-special ops warrior on a quest of personal revenge, the other a battle-scarred Russian soldier seeking her faceless assassins — fight corporate-controlled killer drones, greedy terrorists and double-dealing bankers to stop a terrible weapon that will fling the global economy back to the Stone Age. They find the unlikeliest of allies — a young U.S. Marshal who can't shoot straight. She must choose between protecting the president she loves — and saving the country.

Veteran investigative reporter and Pulitzer finalist Paul D'Ambrosio draws from economic turmoil and political conflagration to craft a fast-paced, international novel that is not far from today's harsh realities. Fans of his debut thriller, Cold Rolled Dead, will see the return of psychologist Sister Maris Stella — complete with cigarettes, her Jersey “attitude,” and uncanny insight. The Jersey Shore, too, proves a powerful setting for the stark opening and stunning ending of Easy Squeezy.