Checkmate

Name: Checkmate
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Karna Small Bodman
ISBN: 9781721358793

Author: Karna Small Bodman

Series: Dr. Cameron Talbot #1

Narrator: Julie McKay

Unabridged: 11 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/02/2019

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Political

Synopsis

The revised story of Checkmate is the first in The White House National Security Series and features young scientist Dr. Cameron Talbot who invents a breakthrough technology to defend against cruise missiles. She needs support from skeptical company officers, funding from a reluctant Congress, and help from Lt. Col. Hunt Daniels, detailed to The White House NSC. With disaster brewing overseas, threats to New Delhi, the Taj Mahal, and to Cameron herself, she and Hunt find themselves enmeshed in terrorist plots and political wrangling at the highest levels.

About Karna Small Bodman

Karna Bodman served as White House Deputy Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan and was subsequently appointed as Senior Director and spokesman for the National Security Council. She attended arms control talks with the Soviets and traveled with the team that briefed the leaders of Great Britain, France and Italy as well as Pope John Paul II. When Karna left The White House to become Senior Vice President of a Public Affairs firm, she was the highest-ranking woman on The White House staff. Karna's thrillers include Castle Bravo, Checkmate, Gambit, Final Finesse, and her short story, “The Agent.” She is married to Dick Bodman and they maintain homes in Naples, Florida, Washington, D.C. and Rancho Santa Fe, CA.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kent on May 17, 2010

Not too mushy of a love story, not too technical of a military hardware story, not too dramatic of a spy story. I expected more from an author who was "in the White House."......more

Goodreads review by William on May 07, 2020

Checkmate, a political thriller by Karna Small Bodman, has a little bit of everything. A breakthrough technology that can lock on to cruise missiles and redirect them away from their intended targets. White House stereotypes. White House intrigue. A romance brewing between a tough, intelligent yet v......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 04, 2020

I had read the earlier edition of this book but I really like this new edition. Cammie is tough and smart, and I liked Hunt, the male lead, as well. But mostly I enjoyed the author's insights into the India-Pakistan conflict, particularly over Kashmir, which I've been following in the news.......more

Goodreads review by Lori on July 28, 2013

Just finished Checkmate by Karna Small Bodman. The characters were great and the story thrilling, didn't want to put it down. It read much easier than I imagined! Given the authors actual life experience, I think that you really felt like you were there, in Washington, in the White House as it actua......more

Goodreads review by J. on March 31, 2010

This book by Bodman was one that I had a little trouble reading. I finished it and enjoyed it but the plot and storyline got a little sidetracked for me by the government speak and military speak. I know, I know it was a story which involved the government and military,but sometimes for me anyway, t......more