The Candidate

<p>Seduction and intrigue are rampant on the campaign trail when a political campaign adviser discovers that Washington's power broker elite have embroiled his presidential candidate in a plot involving an act of terrorism on US soil…</p><p>Democratic political campaign consultant Ben Brinker can’t remember the last time he was excited by a candidate’s vision. He feels he’s lost his way both emotionally and professionally. Worst yet his show-me-the-money policy seems to have finally caught up with him. Two of his recent clients have been disgraced in one way or another: a senator is caught in lurid sex scandal and a congressman is indicted in a kickback scandal. In no time at all the political pundits are calling Ben a "candidate cooler." Now Ben is desperate for any campaign gig he can get.</p><p>As luck would have it Andrew Harris Mansfield the charismatic junior senator from North Carolina  and former Marine pilot asks Ben if he wants to run his soon-to-be-announced campaign for president.</p><p>Little does Ben know what's in store for Andrew or their country–</p><p>Nor does he realize that the key to saving both have been placed in his hands.</p>