Chocolate and Bombs Forever

POLITICS Charles Durkham is a 34-year-old printer who fears things outside his control. Orphaned at a young age, now living in San Francisco with his girlfriend Megan, whom he loves but doesn't trust, he plots to assassinate the man he thinks is leading the world to the brink of nuclear war--the United States Secretary of Defense. NATIONAL SECURITY Because Durkham is a pacifist, the assassination has to be nonviolent. No one actually dies, but everything changes. Political leaders need to know that people like Durkham are out there, people opposed to countries flexing their muscles, people who can be threatening in their own way. FRIENDS, GUNS And Durkham has friends--Benny the barber, Sonia the ACLU attorney, Mack the owner of Guns-R-Us, and others. They're not all on his side but they help anyway, sometimes unknowingly. A NEW CATCH-22 And it works. The hit takes place; nearly everything goes according to plan. There's only one problem: people think Durkham must be crazy to have used chocolate bullets rather than real ones.Bateson, John is the author of 'Chocolate and Bombs Forever' with ISBN 9780595194254 and ISBN 0595194257.