Winn Schwartau, July, 1993

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"Terminal Compromise" is dedicated to:

Sherra
There is no adequate way to say thank you. You are the super-glue
of the family. Let's continue to break the rules.
I Love You

Ashley She wrote three books before I finished the first chapter and then became a South-Paw.

Adam
Welcome, pilgrim.

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Prologue

Friday, January 12, The Year After
The White House, Washington D.C.

The President was furious. In all of his professional political life, not even his closest aids or his wife had ever seen him so totally out of character. The placid Southern confidence he normally exuded, part well designed media image, part real, was completely shattered.