The Ballot
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
When democracy itself becomes the weapon, who can you trust with your vote? The Ballot by Rowland Summerscales plunges readers into a taut, claustrophobic world of political intrigue, where the machinery of an election conceals a conspiracy with devastating consequences. Set against the charged backdrop of contemporary British politics, the novel chronicles the efforts of a tenacious protagonist to uncover a web of manipulation that reaches to the very heart of power, threatening to corrupt the one institution citizens hold sacred. Summerscales constructs his narrative with the precision of a master strategist, deploying sharp, economical prose that keeps the tension coiled tight from the first page to the last. The novel argues, with unsettling conviction, that the greatest threats to a society often emerge not from outside its borders, but from within its own democratic institutions. A chilling meditation on power, betrayal, and the fragility of public trust, The Ballot leaves its reader with one lingering, uncomfortable question: what happens when the system designed to protect you becomes the instrument of your undoing?
Author: Rowland Summerscales
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Robert Hale
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
When democracy itself becomes the weapon, who can you trust with your vote? The Ballot by Rowland Summerscales plunges readers into a taut, claustrophobic world of political intrigue, where the machinery of an election conceals a conspiracy with devastating consequences. Set against the charged backdrop of contemporary British politics, the novel chronicles the efforts of a tenacious protagonist to uncover a web of manipulation that reaches to the very heart of power, threatening to corrupt the one institution citizens hold sacred. Summerscales constructs his narrative with the precision of a master strategist, deploying sharp, economical prose that keeps the tension coiled tight from the first page to the last. The novel argues, with unsettling conviction, that the greatest threats to a society often emerge not from outside its borders, but from within its own democratic institutions. A chilling meditation on power, betrayal, and the fragility of public trust, The Ballot leaves its reader with one lingering, uncomfortable question: what happens when the system designed to protect you becomes the instrument of your undoing?