An underground group based in Canada´s energy capital, Calgary, launches a violent campaign to alter the political landscape of the country. The group´s leader, political science professor Josef Brzezinski, is skilled in subversion and sabotage. But Brzezinski faces formidable opponents, who include a premier, a CIA agent, and the heads of state in Canada and the U.S. Each character contributes to the complex web of intrigue that author Kane Conlan weaves and then carefully unravels, impelling the reader toward the surprising conclusion. But Professor Brzezinski has an uncontrollable flaw... The Manipulators strikes a chord among readers everywhere. It raises uncomfortable questions about the ties between politics and the media, and shines a revealing light on oil-soaked Alberta, exposing the lurking potential for political violence in Canada.