In his new book, The Deep State, Mike Lofgren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Party Is Over, delivers a House of Cards–style exposé of who really wields power in Washington.

Lofgren says actual power lies in the Deep State, Washington’s shadowy power elite, in the pockets of corporate interests and dependent on the moguls of Silicon Valley. Drawing on insider knowledge gleaned in his three decades on the Hill, Lofgren looks to offer a provocative wake-up call to Americans and urges them to fight to reinstate the basic premise of the Constitution.

Mike Lofgren spent twenty-eight years working in Congress, the last sixteen as a senior analyst on the House and Senate Budget committees.