Unquestioned Authority

President Martin Halliday’s accidental overdose elevates Vice President Frances Brewer to the presidency, where her domineering ways and unwillingness to compromise soon alienate even her staunchest supporters.
As challenges mount and her radical solutions fail, Frances responds by scapegoating her allies. Spurred on by sycophants and grifters, she uses the powers of the presidency to take revenge on anyone who stands against her.
Forced to choose between reality and Frances’s preferred narrative, even the lapdog press finally realizes that Frances cares little for the country and seeks only unquestioned authority. But desperate despots do dangerous things.