n the opening pages of OneThreeThirteen - A Presidential Agent Novel Series Book 1, the unthinkable has happened. The town of Wilmette, a middle class suburb north of Chicago, has been reduced to a rumbling cloud of dust by an atomic bomb blast. Who could possibly be behind such a catastrophic act of terrorism? And what country has just declared war on the United States during its most vulnerable transition – the swearing in of a new President? At the same time, hundreds of miles away, on Joint Base Andrews, in Virginia, Colonel Jim Madison, 161st Airborne, awakens to find a group of Black Ops soldiers stealthily making their way through his home. Immediately, he knows something has gone terribly wrong. Madison must do everything in his power to escape because he has a startling and dangerous secret. One that has the power to destroy the United States and its allies. At the heart of OneThreeThirteen is political mystery that entails an international conspiracy reaching as far back as The Battle of Mogadishu, The invasion of Afghanistan, and 911. All of which are connected to one man – Youssef bin Caneer, a radical religious Muslim Imam bent on the destruction of the United States. He is assisted, in his diabolical efforts, by his trained assassin, General Muhammad Nasser. General Nasser is a man seeking revenge for the killing of his wife and son in the Jenin refugee camp. But fate has someone else in store for General Nasser, in the form of Staff Sergeant Lucinda Olmae Washington. She will change everything. OneThreeThirteen is an international political thriller and suspense novel that asks the question, "How far would you go to stay alive?" WARNING: Book contains some scenes of graphic violence and adult sexual situations