Though at first giving the impression of a screenplay, the payoff comes swiftly, heralded by the sense that you are really there during this hotel ballrom siege. As well, one of the terrorists, "The Colonel," a female, has a thing or two to say about the DC culture.
You know a writer has done something right when he expeditiously exctracts Stockholm Syndrome-like feelings from the male reader regarding said Colonel.
In the end, we are left with a great thriller, and an interesting tour of Washington. Recommended.
Allan Gelwick is a reporter caught with the Senators. He emails his newspaper about the uninvited guests, who let him continue to report uninterrupted. They need his coverage. His laptop becomes the focal point of negotiations with the FBI and communications with covert operatives on the inside as they maneuver into striking position. It is up to him to navigate events as they lurch through this deadly mine field.