"Investigative reporter Jack Sharpe is down to his last chance. Fired from his high-profile gig with a national news channel, his only lead is a phone full of messages from a grad student named Tori Justice, who swears she's observed an impossible result in a local election. Sharpe is sure she's mistaken...but what if she isn't? Sharpe learns that the most important tool in any election is the voter file: the database that keeps track of all voters...

As the American presidential campaign season begins, veteran journalist Jack Sharpe uncovers dark money and foreign influence at work, earning him the enmity of powerful forces that will put the people he loves in harm's way.

"A propulsive political thriller featuring two outsiders caught up in a stunning conspiracy, filled with details and twists that only a true political insider could write"--

"Laboratories of Autocracy shows that far more than the high-profile antics of politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene or Jim Jordan--and yes, even bigger than Donald Trump's "Big Lie"--it's anonymous, often corrupt politicians in statehouses across the country who pose the greatest dangers to American democracy. But Pepper doesn't stop there. He lays out a robust pro-democracy agenda outlining how everyone from elected officials to everyday citizens...