George Anderson is President of the United States and he needs urgent surgery. An enigmatic billionaire named Douglas sees an opportunity to expand his power and replace the Anderson Administration with a puppet President and without the national angst of an assassination or scandal. Only Jim Williams, a Georgetown surgical resident, and Frederick Hall, an aging, legendary Secret Service Agent can prevent this cunning treachery. A young, charismatic Senator and the world’s most popular entertainer are also ensnared in this web of love, danger, subterfuge and murder. Derrik Woodbury’s novel of brazen duplicity and surgical vulnerability, travels in the corridors of power and celebrity. The story moves through foreign countries, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Washington, D.C., and ultimately to the large, corner suites of corporate power and the Oval Office. Unseen forces collide in a desperate attempt to seize command and control of the U.S. Government. For nothing is what it seems in Deception.