Peril

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
THE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER
The storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 revealed the transition from President Trump to President Biden to be one of the most dangerous periods in American history, with the result of the election called into question by the sitting president.

But, as internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis. At the highest level of the US military, secret action was taken to prevent Trump from possibly starting a war.

Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the centre of the turmoil, resulting in a spellbinding and definitive portrait of a nation on the brink. They take readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened. Perilis supplemented throughout with never-before-seen material from secret orders, transcripts of confidential calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making for an unparalleled history.

It is also the first inside look at Bidens presidency, revealing the background to his controversial decision to leave Afghanistan. He took office faced with the challenges of a lifetime: dealing with the continuing deadly pandemic and its crushing economic impact, all the while navigating a bitter and disabling partisan divide, and the hovering, dark shadow of the former president. We have much to do in this winter of peril, Biden declared at his inauguration.

Perilis the extraordinary story of the end of one presidency and the beginning of another. The culmination of Bob Woodwards bestselling trilogy on the Trump presidency, along withFearandRage, it is an essential read for anyone wanting to understand this tumultuous period.

Reviews

'The thing that is so bracing and nerve-wracking and important about this new book is what it reveals about how much worse it was than we knew, how much closer we came to real disaster than we have known beforenow.' -- Rachel Maddow * MSNBC *
'Excerpts of the Woodward/Costa book in the Washington Post and CNN make the Trump administrations operations in January 2021 sound like a bewildering blend of King Lear, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire,DrStrangeloveand Veep.' -- Olivier Knox * Washington Post *
'A cliffhanger... Like an instalment of a deathless Marvel franchise, for all its spectacle Peril ends with a dismaying sense of prologue.' -- John Williams * New York Times *
'We know that the period between the election and the inauguration was a time of great domestic turmoil. And whatPerildoes is it shows that this was also a grave national securitycrisis.' -- Isaac Stanley-Becker * NPR *
'Explosive new details about former President Donald Trump's actions around last year's election and the Januaryinsurrection.' * PBS *
'Woodward and Costa got an exclusive transcript of the call. Pelosi has the same concerns that Milley does. The phone call is dramatic. It's blunt. And Pelosi wants Milley to reassure her that the nuclear weapons aresafe.' -- Jamie Gangel * CNN *
'Thebook details how MrTrump's presidency essentiallycollapsed in his final months in office, particularly after his election loss and the start of his campaign to deny theresults.' -- Michael S. Schmidt * New York Times *

Author Bio

Bob Woodward is an associate editor at the Washington Post where he has worked for 50 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his Watergate coverage and the other for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored 20 international bestselling books, 14 of which have been No 1 New York Times bestsellers.

Robert Costa is a national political reporter at the Washington Post, where he has worked since 2014. He previously served as moderator and managing editor of Washington Week on PBS and as a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame and a masters degree from the University of Cambridge.