| Title: |
American Lives |
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| Author: |
Ron Denby |
| Published by: |
Knights Press, 1985 |
| ISBN: |
0-915175-13-4 [trade paperback, 303 pages] |
Michael Ross' murder in a gay bath-house seems destined
to become front page news, especially since he is an aide to front-running
presidential candidate Magnus Hopkenson. But when reporter Philip Kristopher
takes the story to his network chief, he is told to forget it. Then Kristopher
is hired by the very men who engineered the cover up; four friends whose
power extends to the White House itself and whose purpose is to make sure
Magnus Hopkenson is elected President -- no matter what might be discovered
about his connection with the murdered man.
Philip finds that he is playing a double game as both hunter and hunted,
while his path leads from the board rooms of New York to the door of the
Supreme Court. On the way, he encounters the men behind the scenes who
make things happen and who don't care what it costs or whom it hurts. He
also discovers the most important person: himself.
