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Powers Not Delegated
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
An evil alliance between Al Qaeda and Iran plots the murder of thousands of Americans. The danger is ignored by distracted politicians more intent on retaining power than protecting the American people. The country is rocked by scandal after scandal. A Supreme Court Justice is blackmailed and faced with a gut wrenching decision: save his wife’s life or vote against his conscience in a landmark First Amendment case. The census results are corrupted; congressional apportionment is rigged in the favor of crooked politicians. Voter fraud runs rampant. The integrity of presidential election is in question. The dark power behind the throne does not tolerate failure; the corruption must not be exposed. Brave men and women die at the hands a skilled and ruthless assassin. All the while the nation is paralyzed as terrorists successfully infiltrate the southern border and make their way undetected to their targets. Only the unlikely alliance of an ex-FBI agent, an honest politician, a corporate executive and a deputy sheriff can thwart attacks that will kill tens of thousands…and save the country from falling into chaos.
Book Bubbles from Powers Not Delegated
"Where're you taking me?" "To hell!"
General Forrest had to obtain the information from the terrorist...how he did it was irrelevant...
The financial meltdown explained...
A financial wizard, Rad Lee finally figured it out...
Fiction or the next news story?
Terrorists prepare to breach the border...from Mexico...with two nuclear devices.
A most unusual presidential nominating convention.
...not where arrogant politicians stroke their overly inflated egos, but where much more honorable men and women are honored.
The Iranian President...
...monitors the American presidential election results. He plots from a foundation of knowledge.
The Iranian President...
...monitors the American presidential election results. He plots from a foundation of knowledge.
Blowhard Senators Get Their Just Deserts
Finally, an honorable witness before a Senate Committee doesn't put up with the crap!
The Administration 'cooks' the census data...reall
A damning press conference lets the cat out of the bag...
Blackmailing a Supreme Court Justice...no, couldn'
To what lengths will the political opposition go to insure a favorable First Amendment Supreme Court decision?
A very patient enemy...
The country's foes think in terms of of centuries...not months or years. And they know that the Americans' memories are very, very short., that the infidels will lower their guard. It is only a matter of time...
The administration is caught 'cooking the books'..
The administration's plot to manipulate congressional reapportionment by 'cooking' census data is exposed. Will the country face another 'Watergate-like' crisis?
Reality impersonates fiction...
Sound familiar...?
The profitable enterprise of vote-buying...
Amanda presses Larry Hooker, her political operative boyfriend, to disclose his earnings. What she learns would eventually cost Amanda her life.
The power behind the throne?
Ben Thorpe basked in the glow of the moment...his election as the next President of the United States. But the soon-to-be most powerful man in the world cowered like a frightened puppy whenever he talked to his benefactor, Isadore Krakos. After all, the mysterious Krakos had paid the fiddler and expected to call the tune.
A politician we all wish existed...
Have you ever wanted a member of a congressional investigative committee to do what you would do...ask difficult questions and nail down the weaseling witnesses? Congressman Tyler Armistead does just that with the Secretary of Homeland Defense.
Meet Brig. General Zack Forrest
Zack Forrest, Liberty Party presidential candidate Tyler Armistead's old US Army Ranger comrade from the First Gulf War, pulls no punches. The administration's shenanigans jeopardize the nation's security, and Al Qaeda will take full advantage. Zack's fears are well-founded, and he will play a key role in stopping the terrorists from detonating a nuclear device at a college football game.
The Xerces Factor
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author Charles Arrington was taken off sedation and told about the explosion. He instinctively knew the motive for the attack. It didn’t make sense, but it was the book, the damn book. The first draft of The Thieves in the Pentagon…Corruption that Threatens Our National Security was far from complete. Arrington had no proof, just unsubstantiated rumors and conjecture...a lot of unconnected dots. He planned to abandon the project…then the bomb killed his wife and maimed him for life. The Xerces anti-missile system was the country’s most powerful deterrent in an increasingly hostile world. However, the president had his own radical plans for the system’s deployment. No one could be allowed to obstruct his naïve quest for world peace. But the president and his loyal minions were not alone. Others had keen interest in Arrington’s book…some to satiate their personal greed, others for far more sinister purposes.
Book Bubbles from The Xerces Factor
Arrington gets the president's attention
...but the wrong kind of attention. Now author Charles Arrington was on the the president's radar.
'Abner' the mystery blogger scoops the NYT
'Abner' posted his final blog. Millions followed his acerbic and bitingly satirical posts; he'd gotten the country's attention.
Barbara had enough...
Few intimidated Avilya CEO Barbara Connor...Langston Culpepper wasn't among them...
My God, The AG is with the hit team...
Attorney General Shadburn was desperate...anything to get he president off his back.
Somebody knows...
...and is willing to tell.
Charles baits the trap...with himself
Charles was the bait, the goat tied to a tree to flush the man-eating tiger out of the jungle. And like the goat, Charles might be consumed whether or not the tiger was hunted down and killed.
Yep...Charles is being tailed...
Who's tailing Charles and why? He doesn't know but resigns himself to the reality of the situation.
The bad guy should've done as he was told...
FBI agent Lisa Perkins didn't know it, but she was the bait. The take down was harrowing, but Lisa followed her instructions and was safe. One of her would be abductors didn't.
From the brink of insanity...
The president's troubled chief of staff had been there before, in 1971 when he returned from Vietnam. He was there again.
'Abner' the mystery blogger strikes again
Just who is this guy on the Internet stirring up dirt on the president? How does he know? How could be possibly know?
Watergate redux...?
Executive Editor Christopher Randolph had enough. The publisher was too terrified to foresee what lay ahead for his newspaper.
Second thoughts...
The president's chief of staff begins to question what he's gotten himself into...
A woman knows...
Charles denied it, but he couldn't hide it. Marti could see it; it was obvious. Charles had a girlfriend.
"Given the opportunity..."
Civil libertarian Irving Witzel lowers the boom in a press conference. The bait is cast, the challenge made.
From the brink of insanity...
The horrors of Vietnam haunt the president's chief-of-staff. They had before, now again. Was nothing learned in the 40 years since?
Pentagon graft...made into an art form
In the corrupt world of Defense Department procurement, Langston Culpepper and Barbara Connor were among the most corrupt.
The Secretary of State corrals the UN Security Cou
Secretary of State Norma Whitehead briefs the president...fellow members of the UN Security Council fall in line to support President Norris's clandestine scheme.
Trouble among thieves...
Few could intimidate Barbara Connor; Langston Culpepper wasn't among them.
Pure unadulterated panic...
Some deal with fear better than others; Langston Culpepper wasn't one of them.
Charles vs Marti and technology
Charles Arrington, investigative journalist and author, likes 'things' just the way they are. His new employee, Marti the hacker, tries to teach the unteachable.
And it all began...
Maimed and confused, Investigative journalist and author Charles Arrington tries to make sense of the senseless.
Felix Poudrier...not your everyday FBI interrogato
No dark suit, tie or wingtips...not even closely-cropped hair. A Cajun from New Orleans, Felix has a unique way to get the suspect's attention.
He knows why his wife was murdered...
Investigative journalist and author Charles Arrington miraculously survived the explosion; his wife didn't.
FBI Director Ted Grambling, ex-offensive tackle
Ted had enough of Paul Arnold's crap...
'Abner', the mysterious, folksy blogger goes viral
What 'Deep Throat' was to Nixon, 'Abner' becomes to President Thorpe. Will Abner's cuttingly satirical blogs bring down a president?
Brushing his teeth with one arm is one thing; tyin
Two months after the explosion, investigative journalist Charles Arrington struggles with the loss of an eye and arm. Just getting ready to start the day poses confounding challenges.
FBI Director Ted Grambling still has it
It had been a while since Director Grambling had conducted an interrogation...he hadn't lost his touch!
Why the secrecy...?
The President of the United States and a select group of loyal followers meet in secret at Camp David. It was the third such meeting; a few more were planned. The meeting was not entered in the official log...in fact, once it concluded, it never happened/ Why?
Cassandra, the relentless therapist
Investigative journalist Charles Arrington lost an eye and an arm in the explosion. His longtime executive assistant, Cassandra, is determined he WILL recover... whether he wants to or not.
Never piss off an 80 year old civil libertarian
Irving Witzel...over fifty years experience fighting government's abuse of power, litigating on behalf of clients ranging from the NRA to the ACLU. Now, what someone in the government had done to author Charles Arrington set Irving off like a bottle rocket...
The incorrigible Marti...the hacker
Prim and proper author Charles Arrington is, at best, technology challenged. He needs a hacker to help find his wife's murderer. And, oh my, does he find one...Marti.
