The Separatists

Description

After getting the green light from her network to launch an investigative news show, Erica flies to Bismarck, North Dakota, to investigate Take Back Our Homeland, the largest secessionist group. What she finds is profoundly disturbing-a growing threat to the future of our union. Back home, her husband Greg is drinking more and talking less-and taking an unusual interest in the glamorous author Leslie Burke Wilson. Erica's teenage daughter has also begun acting out in troubling ways. Then she discovers a potential informant murdered in her Bismarck hotel. Take Back Our Homeland might be even more dangerous than she had thought-and she's unwittingly become one of the key players in the story. Her fear and anxiety escalate-for her marriage, her daughter, and her own life. Bestselling novelist and former legal analyst for Fox News Lis Wiehl takes us behind the anchor's desk in this gripping look at high-stakes reporting in a country torn apart. "BREAKING NEWS! Lis Wiehl has written another blockbuster-using her insider's eye to nail the dangerous mix of media and politics. The Separatists is bold, timely, thrilling and a simply stunning read." -Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author "Political high jinks and unusual escapades always mark a Lis Wiehl novel. Eric Sparks is a highly trained, top-notched, alpha-female-totally reminiscent of her creator. This one is a smart, sexy, reflective read and I highly recommend it." -Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

Lis Wiehl is one of the nation's most prominent trial lawyers and highly regarded legal commentators. The former legal analyst for Fox News and The O'Reilly Factor, she has appeared regularly on Your World with Neil Cavuto, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and the Imus morning shows, and is the host of the Wiehl of Justice podcast. She is also a professor at New York Law School. A former legal analyst and reporter for NBC News and NPR's All Things Considered, she also served as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's office. Wiehl earned her JD from Harvard Law School and her Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland. She lives near New York City. Sebastian Stuart has published four novels under his own name, including The Hour Between, winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award and an NPR Season's Readings selection. He has also co-written national and New York Times bestselling books. As senior editor of e-book publisher New Word City, Stuart has written over two dozen original non-fiction e-books.

"A plot to break up the United States is at the center of Wiehl and Stuart's. . . final Newsmakers novel. . . Erica Sparks, a broadcast journalist in New York, has risen to the top of her field. . . bad guys are everywhere. . . The only questions are how Erica will stop the plot from coming to fruition and how high the body count will be." * Publishers Weekly *