The President's Daughter: A Thriller

How does The President’s Daughter use the parallel motivations of Matthew Keating and Asim Al-Asheed to blur the lines between hero and villain?

How does the novel’s narrative structure, which alternates between the ineffectual White House and Keating’s agile, unsanctioned team, serve to critique the effectiveness of institutional power in an age of asymmetric threats?

Examine the character arcs of Melanie “Mel” Keating and Samantha Keating. How do their actions, from Samantha’s political blackmail to Mel’s direct intervention in the final fight, challenge traditional gender roles within the political thriller genre and provide a commentary on female agency in a patriarchal world?