THE SPECIAL COUNSEL

Based on one of the most highly anticipated, polarizing, and least understood reports of our time, this is the Mueller investigation as it was meant to be told: as a political thriller. While Mulholland is publishing it as fiction, it will also appeal to nonfiction readers of current affairs, history, etc. who are interested in reading an accessible, page-turning account.

With over 350,000 copies sold, the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference has taken its place as the defining document of the Trump administration. Packed with some of the most infamous characters and outlandish schemes in modern history, the underlying evidence in the Special Council's written testimony could have been plucked from the script of a blockbuster movie. But at over 400 pages full of bewildering redactions and impenetrable legal analysis, the text itself is so dense that even our elected officials have admitted to leaving the report unread.

Now, stripped of legalese while still faithful to fact, The Special Counsel is a compulsively readable yet comprehensive retelling of the document that promises to define a generation. Within these pages, the Counsel - after having their investigation dismissed by both the Senate and Attorney General - decides they have no option left but to address the public directly. In a last-ditch effort to save democracy as we know it, they collectively draft a version of the report for the general electorate, hoping that a more engaging retelling of their historic findings will finally entice Americans into reading the facts for themselves.

Drawing from the entirety of a two-year investigation that resulted in the indictment of 34 individuals, what emerges is a narrative account like no other. Whisking readers deep inside Trump Tower, to the rural towns of Pennsylvania, to the frosty streets of St. Petersburg, this deeply researched and expertly told account brings to vivid life the people, places, and politics that have shaped our post-election news cycle - all to make one thing bone-chillingly clear: our democracy is under attack and only an informed public can save it.

Steeped in the suspense of a bestselling page-turner and set in the midst one of the country's most contentious presidential administrations, The Special Counsel is as necessary as it is thrilling.

Mark Caro is author of The Foie Gras Wars, winner of the 2009 Great Lakes Book Award for general nonfiction, and co-author of Behind the Laughter: A Comedian's Tale of Tragedy and Hope (with Anthony Griffith and Brigitte Travis-Griffin) and Take It To the Bridge: Unlocking the Great Songs Inside You (with Steve Dawson). For more than 25 years, Mark covered film, food, music, murder trials and global cities for the Chicago Tribune and also has written for the New York Times, Chicago magazine and other outlets. He lives in the Chicago area.