Gulf War veteran Jim Asher gets a crash course in politics, and life, when he decides to join the Senate campaign of a California business magnate. His rise within the campaign is meteoric, but his world quickly begins to collapse as the campaign fails, and Jim soon finds himself in the middle of a political shakedown that threatens to bring down the Republican machine - and land Jim in prison. Set against a backdrop of recent California politics the reader enters a world rife with scandal, conspiracy, sex and wealth. From his own experience inside the California assembly, Tom Lowe tells the tale of an up-and-coming political aide whose ambition will either launch his career or destroy everything that he believes in. Darkly humorous and often disturbing, SPIN is a must read for political enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys high-octane fiction.