Mia Rhodes was on the verge of transforming American politics. But when you take on the establishment, the establishment pushes back.Six months ago, Mia Rhodes was a Seattle office manager, toiling away from nine to five and spending her weekends managing her online political competition, Ameritocracy. Now, that competition is spreading across the American political landscape, making Mia a celebrity and giving Ameritocracy a real shot at upending the two-party syst...

The two-party system was broken, so Mia Rhodes created an alternative.But when you fight the system, the system fights back.After a lifetime of political disillusionment, Mia Rhodes created an alternative to the two-party system: Ameritocracy. Part American Idol, part Iowa Caucus, her online political competition will find the most popular independent candidate in America and give them a genuine shot to win the presidency.Anyone can run … The American peopl...

She set out to transform American democracy. Now she’s afraid of what will happen if she succeeds.Mia Rhodes created Ameritocracy to make it possible for anyone to become president. But as her online political competition races toward its finale, it’s poised to elect a Machiavellian manipulator with a winning smile, leaving Mia to wonder whether she’s changed anything at all.As the competition builds to its spectacular final debate in Washington, DC, Mia an...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.The Crime Beat, Episode 6: ParisA shootout at the École d'économie de Paris brings Cole and Warren to the City of Love, where the theory they've hatched about the killings will be tested. And while Cole learns shocking new information about her husband's...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.The Crime Beat, Episode 8: San FranciscoIn Episode 8, Cole and Warren reconvene in San Francisco, hot on the trail of the mastermind of the nine murders. But when a Brazilian media mogul is killed while taking a selfie on the Golden Gate Bridge, they rea...

**A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes, brought together by one unthinkable crime in . . .**The Crime Beat, Episode 2: Washington, DCAt the rooftop bar of the famed Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, a former Vice President is assassinated. Across the Potomac River, a mysterious sniper leaves a fifty caliber rifle on the bed of his hotel room, then disappears.

It's the spring of 2000 and Alex Vane is living the dream. He's brilliant, handsome, driven, and he has just landed his first major reporting job: covering New York's biggest trials for the city's second-biggest daily, The New York Standard.As if his luck couldn't get any better, Alex befriends a top prosecutor who helps him uncover a secret about a legendary defense attorney. When he breaks the story, the trial of the East Coast's most deadly drug kingpin falls into turmoil. But a...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes, brought together by one unthinkable crime in . . .The Crime Beat, Episode 4: Las VegasArriving in Las Vegas, Cole and Warren meet an FBI agent who may have information about the assassinations. Then a mysterious retirement party for the leader of the New Vegas Mafia has them ...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.Listen to the final three episodes of this addictive series.The Crime Beat, Episode 7: Tokyo: Cole and Warren must split up. Cole travels to Tokyo as the ramifications of her article shock the world and her fame nearly drowns her. Meanwhile, Warren trave...

Someone in Seattle is murdering journalists...and Alex Vane might be next.On a cold, rainy night in Seattle, a legendary journalist is found face down in the street below a posh high-rise. Local police are calling it a suicide, but Alex Vane sees signs of murder.With help from a brash young journalist, Alex pieces together clues from the dead man's extraordinary career. But an unexpected discovery leads him to believe that all those legendary scoops may have been built on a l...

America's intelligence security is in the hands of a million private contractors. Now one hacker may bring down their entire system.Four months ago, Alex Vane's friend James Stacy was murdered by private security contractors working for the intelligence-industrial complex. Alex exposed the killers, but most of the system survived, including the amoral torturer known only as Amand.From within Cuba's internet desert, James's widow Innerva Shah seeks her own kind of revenge. A...

Follow journalist Alex Vane from 9/11 into the social media age in the breakout series from A.C. Fuller.Book 1: The Anonymous Source:Find the Source. Break the Story. Stay Alive.One year after the 9/11 attacks, Alex Vane&msash;a brilliant, fitness-obsessed reporter for The New York Standard&msash;wants nothing more than to break into the flashy world of TV news. But when he uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, his tig...