It's 1962. The prisons are overcrowded and it's about to become worse due to budget cuts. Cain Cardwell, the President of the United States, has a plan. Move the worst offenders on death row to a remote island. His closest confident, Jackson Draper, has doubts when he realizes that the president has an alternate agenda that is too sinister, even for a man as contemptible as Cain Cardwell. Now, he must risk his own life to stop the madman, in a race against time. The clock is ticking and every second counts... From the author of Splinter, and FLOAT comes a thriller packed with mystery, intrigue, and a twist "Bussa forges new ground in a tale of espionage and political disdain. A race against time that will have you turning the final pages, non-stop " -- Carolyn Freeman, Short Story Review