Savage thriller debuts at No. 4 on New York Times list

Nationally syndicated talk-radio host and author Michael Savage's first attempt at fiction will debut at No. 4 on the New York Times best-seller list.

Savage told his listeners that the success of his thriller "Abuse of Power" is "not bad for a guy who is banned from Fox News."

The new book, with echoes of Britain's politically correct ban of Savage in 2009, tells the story of a smeared network journalist who uncovers a chilling terrorist plot.

"Abuse of Power" will show up on the Times' Oct. 2 list.

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As WND reported, a request by Savage to his listeners prior to the book's launch catapulted it from more than No. 5,000 on the Amazon.com sales charts to No. 1 in hard-cover books in just one day.

In an interview about the book, Savage told WND he hoped readers will come away having enjoyed an exciting, fast-paced story that will "alert them to the danger America faces" and remind them that "one honest man can make a difference."

Savage, whose show has the nation's third-largest audience, has written five non-fiction New York Times best-sellers among his 26 books. They include "Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security," "The Savage Nation," The Enemy Within," "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder," "Political Zoo," "Psychological Nudity: Savage Radio Stories" and "Banned in Britain."

"Abuse of Power" features Jack Hatfield, a hardened former war correspondent who rose to national prominence for his insightful, provocative commentary. But after being smeared as a bigot and extremist by a radical leftist media-watchdog group, he ultimately loses his job and finds himself working in obscurity as a freelance news producer in San Francisco.

One afternoon, Hatfield is on a ride-along with the San Francisco Police Department bomb squad when a seemingly routine carjacking turns deadly after police find several pounds of military-grade explosives in the jacked car. The incident opens up a trail that leads Hatfield from San Francisco to Tel Aviv, London, Paris and back again. He works with a stunning Yemeni intelligence agent and a veteran Green Beret to expose the terrorist group known as the Hand of Allah. The terrorists' organized efforts to achieve their goals dwarf the 9/11 attacks. Hatfield must choose between protecting his own life and investigating a terrorist cell whose goal is nothing less than total political control.

See Savage read from "Abuse of Power":

Savage's show airs live Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern.

Savage told WND that one aim of his book is to "awaken America to the fact that we've let our guard down" 10 years after the 9/11 attack.

"It's like we're asleep at the switch again, and the train is about to come roaring down the tracks, going the wrong way," he said.