โ Scribed by John J. Miller
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Washington, D.C., 1861. A new president takes office, a nation begins to break apart, and Colonel Charles Rook must risk insubordination to stop a mysterious assassin who prowls a nervous city. He will need the help of an ally he does not even know he has: Portia, a beautiful slave who holds a vital clue, hundreds of miles away
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