" A State of Terror" is a unique and brilliantly woven suspense novel written together by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 67th US Secretary of State, and Louise Weeny, the award-winning writer of crime and suspense novels. Her novels topped the Times best-selling list several times. After a turbulent period in American politics, a new administration came to power. To everyone's surprise, the president chose a political opponent to take over the very important Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is no love between the President of the United States and Elaine Adams, his new Secretary of State, but her appointment as Secretary was a deft move by the President, as he was silenced by one of his harshest critics. Accepting this job means that Adams must step down from her presidency of a multinational media conglomerate. .