Blowback imagines a US president celebrated for intelligence and CIA experience who proves dangerously unbalanced. After he initiates a covert power grab, two CIA officers — Liam Grey and Noa Himel — must decide whether to obey presidential orders or uphold the Constitution.

The story follows the unraveling of loyalty inside the intelligence community and the wider fallout as private decisions push the nation toward international crisis. The tone balances procedural detail, moral dilemma, and accelerating suspense.

Ideal for readers who favor political and espionage suspense, Blowback combines fast pacing with questions about duty, authority, and national security. Published by Little, Brown; 512 pages, Hardcover.

• Political and espionage suspense
• CIA-operational perspective
• Constitutional and moral conflict
• High-stakes international repercussions

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