Takeover

by Seth Margolis

"Billionaire Julian Mellow has ruthlessly acquired many of the world's largest and most profitable companies. Now he's set his sights on the ultimate takeover the White House.

Driven by a secret thirst for revenge, Julian stops at nothing to achieve his ambition.
Using a powerful but flawed senator as his public surrogate, he manipulates the media, the financial markets and the political system to advance his hidden agenda.

But Julian hasn't counted on the appearance of an unlikely nemesis. Zack Springer took the fall for Julian in a financial scandal and is determined to bring down his former mentor. He stumbles on a plot so audacious he wonders if even Julian has overreached. Then a woman is brutally murdered in Zach's apartment and he's the only suspect. To prove his innocence and stay alive, he has no choice but to expose the outrageous plot.

Takeover introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, from the ex-radical who commits unspeakable crimes to safeguard the future of his autistic daughter to a former fashion model now risking death as a freedom fighter in her native Africa, unaware that she is a pawn in a much riskier power game. Takeover combines edge-of-your-seat suspense with an intricately imagined plot that also raises some tough questions about the role of money and influence in American politics."

444 pages

Published November 14, 2008

About the author

Seth is a writer whose most recent novel, THE SEMPER SONNET, will be published on April 19. He is the author of six earlier novels, including LOSING ISAIAH, which was made into a film starring Halle Berry and Jessica Lange.

Seth lives with his wife, Carole, in New York City. They have two grown children, Maggie and Jack. Seth received a BA in English from the University of Rochester and an MBA in marketing from New York University’s Stern School of Business Administration. When not writing fiction, he is a branding consultant for a wide range of companies, primarily in the financial services, technology and pharmaceutical industries. He has written articles for the New York Times and other publications on travel and entertainment.