In his most compelling and intriguing novel

to date the story of an American president

who falls in love with the widowed presi-

dent of another country incomparable

storyteller Irving Wallace explores the world

of Washington, setting for some of his major

best sellers, including The Second Lady.

With heart-stopping suspense, The Guest

of Honor exposes the private lives of public

figures, and the hidden tremors that can

shake the world.

U.S. President Matt Underwood is a former

television news anchorman turned popular

politician, whose handsome facade masks

boredom and indifference to his high and

infinitely demanding office. Then a rout-

ine political luncheon with the beguiling

Madame Noy Sang, president of a tiny East

Asian republic in the South Seas, pierces

through Under wood s apathy. Flying in the