Americans wake up on January 20, after a bitter presidential election, to inaugurate as the next president of the United States...no one The nation's creaky electoral machinery has produced a deadlock; public debate is poisoned, compromise out of reach. One man thinks he can break the impasse, but he's a washed-up reporter running out of second chances. His only help comes from someone he dares not trust. Deadlock is a fast-paced political thriller...