As a bookstore owner in Copenhagen, Denmark, Cotton Malone has been enjoying his retirement and loves his new life. But, when the retired US Justice Department agent is called in to save an informant and locate a missing agent, he feels compelled to help.
Senator Thaddeus Rowan, a man of power and importance, has dedicated his life to his religion and becoming the next prophet and president of the Mormon Church. A discovery inside Zion National Park that may hold answers to a Mormon legend has Rowan believing he may be about to reach his goal.
In Malone’s search for the missing agent, he crosses paths with Josepe Salazar, a religious zealot who believes he has been visited by an angel that instructed him in the 19th-century Mormon doctrine of blood atonement. Much like Senator Rowan, the zealot is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish his goal.
Rowan and Salazar unite in a plan to dissolve the United States, beginning with the secession of Utah. Malone is charged with finding a way to thwart the plan. Malone is thrown into a deadly conflict when he discovers a flaw in the constitution that could destroy the United States.
Steve Berry has so seamlessly woven fact with fiction in “The Lincoln Myth” that it will make readers question what they know about President Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Constitution of the United States. The writing is smooth and effortless with a nice blend of description and action. Realistic characters help to drive this well-thought out plot in a standout thriller guaranteed to raise questions in readers’ minds.
FTC Full Disclosure: A review copy of this book was provided by its publisher.
