With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel's daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female president. Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world-and to build a future with the woman he loves. With Florentyna's ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past-a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything Florentyna and Richard have fought to achieve.

杰弗里•阿切尔 JEFFREY ARCHER

英国著名作家,生于1940年。迄今为止,他已经有超过30部作品出版,包括长篇小说、短篇小说、戏剧等,累计销量超过1.3亿,是世界上作品最畅销的作家之一。

杰弗里•阿切尔曾经历过像过山车一样跌宕的人生。他在29岁时就以保守党国会议员的身份当选下议院议员,四年后因遭遇投资欺诈而破产被迫辞职。为了填补资金漏洞,阿彻开始了第一本创作《一分不多》,而接下来的《一分不少》才真正地开启了他畅销书的生涯。上世纪80年代阿彻在政坛上活跃一时,曾担任是撒切尔夫人的保守党副主席。

在竞选伦敦市长时,他遭遇了人生最大的低谷。2001年,因在庭审时提供伪证获刑4年（缓刑2年）。目前为止,他先后7次荣获英国最畅销作家殊荣,11次荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销排名榜第一位。他所表现出的顽强的精神,就连最严苛的对手也不得不对他刮目相看。

《华盛顿邮报》称他为“可以与亚历山大•大仲马相媲美的作家”,《星期日邮报》则评价他为“我们这个时代最伟大的叙事者和小说家” 。