Update: Looks like a bait-and-switch attempt to boost ratings without actually giving anything away, as the book now claims to be a free preview (which it did not do, when first posted). I recommend you not "purchase" this one and delete your pending order, so it won't boost the original book's ratings.
The 500, by Matthew Quirk, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store (at least, for now). This is no doubt a pricing error or limited time promotion, meant to give it a big bump on release, but if you get your order in while the price is $0.00, you won't pay a nickel when it is delivered. You do have to have a credit card on file (it won't be charged, but that is how pre-orders work at Amazon) when you place the order. You can confirm the price you'll pay both on the order summary and on your Pending Deliveries tab in the Manage Your Kindle page, later on.
Book Description
Mike Ford is a former con artist who's been plucked from his Harvard Law School classroom to be an associate at The Davies Group, Washington's most high-powered and well-respected strategic consulting firm. Their specialty: pulling strings and peddling influence for the five hundred most powerful people inside the Beltway, the men and women who really run Washington -- and by extension the country, and the world.
The namesake of the firm, Henry Davies, knows everyone who matters; more importantly, he knows their secrets. Davies' experience goes back 40 years -- he worked for Lyndon Johnson, jumped shipped to Nixon, then put out his own shingle as the Hill's most cut-throat and expensive fixer. Now he's looking for a protégé to tackle his most high-stakes deal yet, and Mike fits the bill.
Quickly pulled into a seductive, dangerous web of power and corruption, Mike struggles to find his way out. But how do you save your soul when you've made a deal with the devil?
