by Ted Cruz
First published 2015
Senator Ted Cruz sits in his Washington office, surrounded by the very establishment he came to fight. The son of a Cuban immigrant who survived prison brutality, Cruz carries his father's hope for American freedom into the marble halls of power. But he discovers that Republicans and Democrats alike prefer backroom deals with lobbyists over serving their constituents. Cruz refuses to play by Washington's rules of empty promises and meaningless votes designed only to protect careers. His principled stands make him a lightning rod, earning hatred from liberals and suspicion from his own party. As he pulls back the curtain on governmental corruption and gridlock, Cruz faces a choice between winning friends in the capital and staying true to the Constitutional principles that built America. His fight becomes personal when he realizes that the very institutions meant to preserve freedom now threaten the opportunities that gave his father hope.
Genres: american, political-science, politics, biography-memoir, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Washington DC
Period: 21st Century
400 pages · Hardcover · Broadside Books