THE ZERO GAME

In Brad Meltzer’s new bestseller, wanna-be Washington power brokers devise a game in which staffers bet on which bills will become law and where money will be spent. But the game turns deadly as its players become pawns, with the fate of the hero and the world resting in the hands of a teenaged intern. Audie Award winner Scott Brick delivers another stellar performance, at times easing up on the gas, and then putting thepedal to the floor at just the right instant. The climactic battle is one of the best written and performed in years. The Zero Game equals time well spent. R.O. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 04]