The Hidden Republic

Special First Print Collectors Edition with original Cover Art.History it seems has been hidden from the American people from the very beginning.Two clandestine societies formed after the revolution and have been battling in secret for control of the Federal Government ever since. This 230 year war is about to spill into the open as the race is on to find hidden documents that can destroy one of the societies. Conspiracies and murders abound as agents, assassins, and the powerful elitists do battle in the past and the present. It's 1781 and England is losing the war to the young American Republic. King George must use his most secret pawn, called the Praetor, who has gained power in the rouge colonial government through intrigue and deception. The Praetor can not turn the outcome of the war, but he can change the very fabric of the government to destroy it from within. The Founding Fathers struggle to keep him at bay but are losing the fight against his secret Society of Praetorians as they confound the people and gain power. Determined to protect the Republic style of government, the Founders form their own Society to protect the hidden truth locking it away in the hope that some future generation will be able to reinstitute it. Meanwhile the cultural and economic chasm between North and South grows ever wider as each side fights for Federal control. Fast forward to 2012 and a small Texas town where Emily and Jim Millers' two young daughters are kidnapped off the morning school bus and held for ransom; the ransom being the key to the hidden truth. Somehow her family is involved and she must find the answers that can save the girls. She begins a life altering, frantic journey with a trio of FBI agents, a history professor, and a world class rogue assassin, in a desperate search on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to find the truth. The Society of Praetorians will do everything they can to stop them and if the Praetorians triumph it will mean the colossus Federal government will never be stopped and the people will forever wallow under the whip of tyranny.What Amazon.com Readers are saying;Brilliantly written and amazingly interesting, Mr. Barnes catapults you from the birth of our Nation to the modern day suspense of the characters over and over again.It entertained me from start to finish with its twists and turns, secret societies, intrigue and espionage. A historical timeline with facts interspersed throughout the book. He takes us back and forth from the original 13 colonies and our corrupt power-hungry founding fathers to our corrupt politicians of today ... what a thrilling ride.The book starts off with a "bang" and twists and turns right to the end. I especially like how the author weaves the plot back and forth from past to present. It is nothing like any of us learned in our school history classes! I was thrilled with the fast paced, action story of Emily and those who are helping her find the truth about the 'Hidden Republic'. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the history of our country. Not the usual George Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas or the signing of the Declaration of Independence but the plots and agendas of the men involved in first forming our great country.