Preface – p. xi
Prologue: Democracy Winter – p. 1
Part I
Chapter 1: Democracy Summer – p. 37
Chapter 2: A Sea of Troubles – p. 65
Chapter 3: The Trolley Problem – p. 95
Part II
Chapter 4: “There Is a North” – p. 109
Chapter 5: Complete the Count – p. 141
Chapter 6: Midnight Meditations and Orwellian Preparations – p. 165
Chapter 7: “This Is About the Future of Democracy” – p. 183
Chapter 8: An All‑American Defense of Democracy – p. 217
Chapter 9: Reverse Uno – p. 255
Chapter 10: Writing Trump – p. 275
Part III
Chapter 11: Violence v. Democracy: The January Exception – p. 291
Chapter 12: Is This America? Trump on Trial – p. 319
Chapter 13: Spaghetti on the Wall – p. 357
Chapter 14: Witnesses to Insurrection – p. 371
Epilogue – p. 399
Acknowledgments – p. 425

The Maryland congressman tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and his family's--as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in the Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence