Things fall apart in THE SWAMP, a funny new novel about the city that America loves to hate. THE SWAMP begins on Christmas Eve, when a drone crashes into the White House. Fox News screams, "How can we keep the President safe?" A crackpot idea from a cynical correspondent - let's move Washington out of Washington - becomes an unstoppable political movement. The President and the Speaker of the House face off against Fox News and mommy bloggers in a battle for the nation's capital. Can they contain this red state rebellion or will it swamp them all? From despairing millennials to scheming bureaucrats, THE SWAMP is a love letter to the nation's capital - and a wish for its destruction - packaged together in a black comedy reminiscent of Christopher Buckley and VEEP. An award-winning writer and photographer from Washington, DC, Joe Flood knows the swamp. He's lived in the city for twenty years and has worked in the institutions that he portrays. In addition, he won the Washington City Paper short story contest and was a finalist in the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Short Story Competition, while his nonfiction work has appeared in the Washington Post and elsewhere.