The World King - Book I: The Reckoning

Dan Padilla was chosen as the vice-presidential candidate mainly to gain the Hispanic vote. He wasn't known for grandstanding but he was sharp in a debate and often thought more of as a policy wonk.

That all chang'd when a string of small nuclear bombs brought down the Capitol on the night of the presidential State of the Union address to Congress and Wall Street the next morning. Dan Padilla now has his hand on the might of the US military with no political opposition. Few recall'd what he said should be done in case of a nuclear attack on the US, but the world would soon see how deep the wrath of the US ran …