It is 2012, and the United States is mired in stagflation and war. Our enraged people cry out for real change-and it has come.Storm Rising follows a combat reporter from the bloody Middle East to his unexpected alliance with Claire Minton, America's fiery third party presidential candidate, a decorated war hero who has captured the nation's hearts and minds. With victory in their grasp from the reporter's shocking video of a battlefield mutiny, the reporter flees for his life after uncovering a plot not unlike The Manchurian Candidate, except this time, it is not communists we must fear, but America's rising third party, the Heartlanders."The seeds of revolution are sown . . ."- Claire MintonSince retiring from Paramount Pictures, Gary Naiman has written stories that entertain and enlighten us. Mr. Naiman's other novels include: The Tenth Avatar, PPM, Omega, and The Response.