The President's Shadow (The Culper Ring Trilogy) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA

The President's Shadow (The Culper Ring Trilogy) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA

<i >A severed arm, found buried in the White House Rose Garden.</i><br><div><i>A lethal message with terrible consequences for the Presidency.</i></div><div><i>And a hidden secret in one family's past that will have repercussions for the entire nation.</i></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Following <i>The Inner Circle</i> and <i>The Fifth Assassin</i>, #1 bestselling author Brad Meltzer returns with . . . </b></div><div><br></div><div><b>THE PRESIDENT'S SHADOW</b></div><div><br></div><div>There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I find those stories for a living.</div><div><br></div><div>To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, D.C., he's responsible for safekeeping the government's most important documents . . . and, sometimes, its most closely held secrets.</div><div><br></div><div>But there are a powerful few who know his other role. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year-old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with protecting the Presidency.</div><div>Now the current occupant of the White House needs the Culper Ring's help. The alarming discovery of the buried arm has the President's team in a rightful panic. Who buried the arm? How did they get past White House security? And most important: What's the message hidden in the arm's closed fist? Indeed, the puzzle inside has a clear intended recipient, and it isn't the President. It's Beecher, himself.</div><div><br></div><div>Beecher's investigation will take him back to one of our country's greatest secrets and point him toward the long, carefully hidden truth about the most shocking history of all: family history.</div>