In an America stretched by crisis to the breaking point, billionaire entrepreneur and government insider James Sands is riding high. Over the protests of civic groups and the increasing alienation of his wife, Anne, Sands is poised on the brink of an immensely risky and controversial deal that will
The Army of the Republic: novel
โ Scribed by Cohen, Stuart Archer
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
CEO and Washington D.C. insider James Sands has made billions by privatizing bankrupt municipal water supplies, but his command of a dwindling resource infuriates citizen and environmental groups. When his partner is assassinated by the shadowy Army of the Republic, Sands begins to lose control of his company and his life and turns to a private intelligence firm to eliminate the Army and any civil organizations that oppose him.
โฆ Subjects
A Novel
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