Swamp Monsters

"An enjoyable, if horrifying, soap opera."—The New York Times Book Review

“Dixon… has a deep well of sources to explain [Florida’s] governor… Trump once called DeSantis a ‘brilliant cookie.’ Read within to watch him crumble.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Matt Dixon is one of the keenest and best-sourced observers of Florida’s political maelstrom. In Swamp Monsters, he captures the war between Donald Trump and his former apprentice, Ron DeSantis, with insight, clarity, and deeper analysis than anyone else. Florida is America’s laboratory of crazy ideas, and Matt is your tour guide.”—Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything Trump Touches Dies

“Swamp Monsters is the right book at the right time by the right author. It drops the reader right into the eye of America’s political hurricane, delivering juicy details with unrelenting speed and force.”—Jonathan Allen, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign and Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency

“As a native Florida man, I know that the politics of my home state are tougher to crack than the Zodiac Killer’s cipher—but fear not, fellow truth-seeker: Matt Dixon is here. Swamp Monsters is an alternately haunting and hilarious first draft of history. We may never fully understand the chaos that it covers, but Dixon documents it all a way that makes me believe that he does, which I find oddly comforting.”—Billy Corben, director, Cocaine Cowboys and God Forbid

“Florida Swamp Thing vs. New York tabloid creature: the ultimate political fight, told masterfully here by Matt Dixon. Who will win—and at what cost?”—Marc Caputo, national politics reporter, The Messenger