Thomas Murphy

Deadlock Thomas Murphy

Americans wake up on January 20, after a bitter presidential election, to inaugurate as the next president of the United States...no one! The nation's creaky electoral machinery has produced a deadlock; public debate is poisoned, compromise out of reach. One man thinks he can break the impasse, but he's a washed-up reporter running out of second chances. His only help comes from someone he dares not trust. Deadlock is a fast-paced political thriller with a vital warning for today. Twice in the last 20 years, American presidential elections suffered damaging distortions because of our antiquated Electoral College. What Americans don't know is that the system reserves even worse outcomes, including an electoral deadlock in which no one is elected president. All of the aberrations and crises described in Deadlock have already occurred in American history...just not at the same time...but they will.