Once upon a time, there was a mean, dying GOP chairman named Lee Atwater who had the most brilliant, insane, frightening and do-able idea ever concocted to assure that his man would retain the office of the president of the United States. And the only man on the face of the earth who could pull of such an elaborate scheme was none other than the world's most celebrated Hollywood director.

Add to this a left-coast gumshoe names Broz who is trapped between serious cover-ups, steamy undercover work, and his own scruples, plus a cast of desperate characters torn from the real-life fabric of both coasts, and the stage is set for a joint D.C./L.A. production. And, oh yes, hundreds of thousands of people will die...