2016. The world is on the brink of crisis. Who could predict how events would play out?In this satirical thriller, Stanley Johnson, former MEP and father to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, just might have. ‘Perfect beach material.’ IndependentIn Britain, Prime Minister Jeremy Hartley is fighting a referendum nobody thinks he will lose. In the USA, brash showman Ronald Craig is fighting a Presidential Election nobody thinks he can win. In the USSR, Igor Popov, the Russian President, is using both events to achieve his own malevolent ends. Together, these three men will change the course of the world forever. In his brilliant new thriller, Stanley Johnson, environmentalist and former politician, has written an alternative account of the seismic events that took place on both sides of the Atlantic.There's greed, corruption, lies... what could possibly go wrong?'Brilliant.' The Sunday Times