01299cam a2200349 4500 287592200 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 030425s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003051848 9780345450173 0345450175 9780345450180 0345450183 TxAuBib Patterson, Richard North. Balance of power / Richard North Patterson. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2003. xii, 611 p. ; 25 cm. The marriage of President Kerry Kilcannon and TV journalist Lara Costello is marred by a massacre of innocent civilians by gunfire, setting in motion events that reveal the hidden connections among guns, money, and power in Washington. 20170101. Firearms Law and legislation Fiction. Firearms industry and trade Fiction. Presidents' spouses Fiction. Gun control Fiction. Presidents Fiction. Washington (D.C) Fiction. Political fiction. Suspense fiction. Legal stories.