Lincoln's Secret

In this dramatic, first-of-its-kind Civil War novel, shocking new information about the nation s president is uncovered that throws the North s entire military effort into doubt, and, indeed, challenges Abraham Lincoln s legal right even to hold office. What s worse, the incriminating documents are in the hands of a desperate adversary. What are these new allegations? Could they possibly be true? What must the North do to protect its war effort and Lincoln s presidency, and thus save the Union? The responsibility for a counter-espionage operation is assigned to Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, head of the War Department s Secret Service, who turns to his long-time friend Aaron Putnam to scuttle the rumors and protect the war effort. Putnam is well aware that he faces the hangman s harsh noose as well as the loss of his treasured Union if he fails. He enlists the aid of southern Unionists led by America s greatest heroine, Elizabeth Van Lew, to help ensure the success of his mission. What is Lincoln s shocking secret? What must Putnam do to preserve the war effort? And, most intriguing, why have these scandalous allegations remained secret for 150 years?