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. Peril is 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 Biden’s 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. Peril is the
extraordinary story of the end of one presidency and the beginning of another. The culmination
of Bob Woodward’s bestselling trilogy on the Trump presidency along with Fear and Rage it
is an essential read for anyone wanting to understand this tumultuous period.
