The R Document

By Irving Wallace

Book Overview

Before the Patriot Act, there was . . . The R Document As crime and violence threaten to engulf America, the President proposes a daring new amendment to the Constitution, allowing the Bill of Rights to be suspended during times of national emergency. To its supporters the 35th Amendment is the only way to keep America from sliding into chaos. Its opponents see the Amendment as an outright attack on freedom. Christopher Collins, the newly-appointed Attorney General, has reservations about the Amendment, but feels confident that it would not be abused in the way its more hysterical opponents fear. Then a deathbed confession from his predecessor warns him to beware of something called "The R Document". What is The R Document, and what does it have to do with the proposed 35th Amendment? As state after state ratifies the Amendment, pushing it ever closer to becoming the law of the land, Collins must get to the bottom of an unimaginable conspiracy - before time runs out for the fundamental liberties of all Americans. First published in 1976, Irving Wallace's bestselling thriller is more timely than ever before.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765354470
• ISBN13: 9780765354471
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Couldn't put it down

Full of suspense, intrigue, and mystery. This is a real page-turner. The two main characters, the Attorney General of the United States and the Director of the FBI, are pitted against each other in a plot designed to change the United States forever. Although written in the 1970s, it could just have easily been written today, substituting the Patriot Act for the R Document.

One of the best (if not the best) novels in intrigue* * * *

I have read this book more than a decade ago and still remember it well. It's a shame and a disappointment that this novel still has not been made into a movie. If there is a perfect portrayal of abuse and/or usurpation of power in high government positions, this has got to be it. Extremely intriguing and gives light to the fine line of protocol in our government's order of succession to the presidency. The conspiracy is surprisingly and scaringly feasible. Who is to say this could never happen????