“First-class, exciting, one of the best novels for a number of years…” - this is how the American press responded to the appearance of B. Garfield’s novel “Who’s Next?”... Terrible news fell on Washington one after another: terrorist bombs destroyed the Capitol... died dozens of congressmen... the newly elected president is kidnapped... The novel “Line of Succession” is a dramatic story of an intense crime investigation and the search for the disappeared first government official. The reader will find a different perspective on the topic of international terrorism in the novel “The Ninth Directive” by A. Hall.