Matt Bonney is the number-one political consultant in the country. His candidates always win. And he's Washington's hottest property. Politics is in Matt's blood. He was raised in the governor's mansion, and both his wife, Lisa, and his brother, Luke, are members of Congress.When a special election is called in Matt's home state to fill a suddenly vacant U.S. Senate seat, Matt's brother, Luke Bonney, decides to run. Luke assumes that Matt will handle his campaign, right? Wrong, Matt secretly hates his brother and has agreed to work for his opponent, the controversial Solomon Jawinski, the only chain-smoking, beer-drinking, Elvis-loving, politically incorrect, half-Polish governor in the South.Scorched Earth covers the last six days of this often dramatic, often ridiculous political battle. Ultimately, however, Scorched Earth is the story of a dynamic southern family that is divided but finally united by this riveting political battle. Read Less