Uncharted

The New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers and The Spymasters now turns his sharp eye towards the historic 2024 presidential race, providing the definitive, insider account of the most dramatic and significant political showdown in modern American history.

?A disastrous debate, a would-be assassin’s bullet, an electrifying eleventh hour candidate swap, a dramatic and surprising VP selection, alleged foreign campaign hacking, charges of a stolen election, lawsuits and counter suits—the history-making 2024 presidential election is a political saga of Shakespearean proportions. In minute-by-minute detail, esteemed journalist Chris Whipple chronicles the unprecedented drama as it unfolds, documenting the true story of the Harris and Trump campaigns and the difficult and urgent decisions made in the back rooms of power, with the future of American democracy at stake.

Alternating between the Biden/Harris/Walz and the Trump/Vance camps, Whipple tells the full story of campaign 2024, drawing on his unique access to exclusive sources on both sides, including conversations with members of the candidates’ inner circles. Whipple goes behind the scenes of every headline-making moment to reveal how a post-debate intra-party rebellion forced Biden to step aside, how the nomination of Vice President Harris at a thrilling convention reshaped the race, how Harris rallied excited voters across generations and demographics, and employed an endgame strategy to maintain momentum through election day. Whipple also burrows inside Donald Trump’s campaign to reveal startling new insights into how a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and election denier charged with inciting a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol cemented his hold on the Republican party and transformed it into a personality cult.

A fly-on-the-wall portrait of American politics on the edge, filled with previously untold stories, anecdotes, and insights, Uncharted is the authoritative account of this pivotal chapter in American politics. As he brings to life the most dramatic and important presidential campaign of the modern age and puts it into historical perspective, Whipple exposes how ambition, conviction, and resilience collide at the highest echelons of power, and offers a deeper understanding of the forces defining the nation’s future.