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Dedication

  Epigraphs

  1. Senator Tomlinson’s Office

  2. Unitarian Universalist Congregational Church

  3. Jacob Ross

  4. Washington, DC

  5. Hart Senate Office Building

  6. Old Ebbitt Grill

  7. Senator Mario Santino

  8. 49th Street NW

  9. Coalville, Kentucky

  10. Dinner Invitation

  11. The White House

  12. Hart Senate Office Building

  13. Wilmer Nevins

  14. Summer of Discontent

  15. The Tomlinson Residence

  16. The Plan

  17. San Diego

  18. The Reaction

  19. Leaking

  20. Tidal Basin

  21. Dinner

  22. Fujiyama Sushi Bar

  23. Bacterial

  24. Political Roundtable

  25. Senate Dining Room

  26. Face the Nation

  27. Viral

  28. Christmas Eve

  29. The Lion’s Den

  30. Umberto Jacobi

  31. Strategy

  32. Sixty Minutes

  33. Monday, Bloody Monday

  34. Space Politics

  35. Reagan National Airport

  36. Library of Congress

  37. WETA-TV

  38. Easter Sunday

  39. Easter Monday

  40. Getting the Ball Rolling

  41. The Lehigh Speech

  42. The Blue Lagoon

  43. Lady Cecelia

  44. Tomlinson Residence

  45. Senator Santino’s Office

  46. Power Talk

  47. Unemployed

  48. Fourth of July

  49. Hurricane Carlos

  50. Blackout

  51. Aftermath

  52. Preparations

  53. WETA News

  54. Senate Hearing Chamber

  55. Debriefing

  56. Politics

  57. The Little Saint

  58. Declaration

  59. Summer of Indecision

  60. The Deal

  61. The Morning After

  62. Rework

  63. Snooping

  64. Warning

  65. Collision Course

  66. California

  67. Fresno Yosemite International Airport

  68. The FBI Field Office in Fresno

  69. Home Again

  70. Maneuvering

  71. Confrontation

  72. The Tunnels

  73. Aftermath

  74. Jacobi

  75. Death Duel

  76. Hospital

  77. Thanksgiving

  About the Author

  Tor Books by Ben Bova

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  POWER SURGE

  Copyright © 2015 by Ben Bova

  All rights reserved.

  Cover art by Getty Images

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  ISBN 978-0-7653-3497-8 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-4668-1962-7 (e-book)

  e-ISBN 9781466819627

  First Edition: August 2015