Introduction | Cast of characters   Playing with Fire A novel by Scott Lazenby   Table of contents   1: a smelly bucket 2: no easy choices 3: the burning bunker 4: enter the union 5: Kate 6: consulting the sage 7: a ride-along 8: public accusations 9: day in court 10: infatuation on the mountain 11: budget realities 12: creating new things 13: a question of ethics 14: plan B 15: into the whiteout 16: a new proposition 17: threats of a different kind 18: vote of no confidence 19: the smell of smoke 20: the public speaks 21: preemptive strike 22: the falling ax 23: civic ugliness 24: election night 25: surprise in D.C. 26: the future of a relationship 27: two and two together Copyright © 2001, Scott D. Lazenby. Reproduction in any form without the written permission of the author is prohibited. Illustration: Paul Salmon