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Senator "Poker John" Herbert of Louisiana will probably be the next President of the United States-unless a rumor about a secret in his past is exposed. It's a secret even he doesn't know about. Max Maxwell is sent to New Orleans to determine if the secret is true. Did Herbert father a mixed race child in his home state? If he did, does the child know who the father is and what impact can it have on the upcoming election? The search for the answers takes Max from Bourbon Street, the cane fields, and the bayous to a Saint John's Eve Voodoo celebration in his quest to find out the truth. Along the way, he sees what the government will do to destroy one of its own and how far it will go to protect that same person. One night of seeing That Old Black Magic in action is enough to last Max for a lifetime…if he has a lifetime left.
The biggest secret of World War Two may be about to be revealed-totally by accident. If the truth gets out, history may have to be rewritten, counties may go to war, allies may become enemies, and lives will be lost. One of those affected is Max Maxwell, and he's not happy about it. He stumbles on the secret when his uncle, a WWII veteran dies, and Max and his brother go through his belongings. From that day on, the fuse is lit, and there's enough explosive to destroy Max and everything he holds near and dear. He finds out exactly what the United States Government will do to keep a secret and how far it will go to destroy someone who can reveal it…
Max Maxwell is working on a stalking case, involving the unhappily married lady he has been seeing, when he gets a call from an old army buddy, Bill Hart, who is now running an off-the-books intelligence operation in Washington, DC. Bill asks Max to help out with a situation involving another one of his associates. All Max has to do is pick up a sailboat and get it back across the Puget Sound to Seattle. He wasn't told that Bill's associate was working undercover and had been murdered on the boat or that the Canadian Intelligence Service, a Korean smuggling ring with a deadly mission, and a double agent might also be involved. This will turn out be a sentimental journey Max will never forget-if he even survives.
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