<p><strong>&ldquo;&hellip;deftly-written novel full of action, surprises and great, well-developed characters.&rdquo; &ndash;John Hazen, author of&nbsp;<em>Fava</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Zyklon</em></strong></p><p>The murder of a football coach affects not only his university but also the White House, which counts as alums the president, First Lady (the coach&rsquo;s step sister) and other members of the administration. Another alumnus, Daniel Wells&mdash;a Silver Star recipient while serving in Iraq and currently head of a veteran&rsquo;s organization&mdash;is also caught up in these events.&nbsp;</p><p>Who and how many are responsible for the coach&rsquo;s and several additional and related killings in the Washington area--and is Wells also a target?&nbsp;And just how closely related is the First Lady to these events? Fifteen years earlier Wells planned to marry her, but something happened that precipitated an end to the relationship&mdash;the full details Wells never knew.&nbsp;Will Wells finally learn what caused their break-up, and how her troubled past is associated with the recent murders in the Capital City?</p>