DAN GOODER RICHARD

THE GOOD OR EVIL SIDE: MATAMOROS 1846

464 pages

ISBN 978-1-939319-32-6

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Samantha Swift—the rookie correspondent of this adventure novel—sets off ahead of her time to report on the Mexican War. Meanwhile President Polk sends secret agent Jack Dancer on a mission to disrupt a mysterious conspiracy to expand western lands for the cause of slavery. At first the duo are at loggerheads as they barely survive a murderous madam and a sabotaged steamship. Adventure shifts to unease as the disputed border turns toward war—becoming a desperate reflection on the perils to America’s Manifest Destiny. An action-filled denouement is purposely non-stop—to thwart a conspiracy and find a lost treasure—with a satisfying twist at the end.

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