"Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming."

So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the president's limousine. By the trip's end, a crazed assassin would permanently disfigure Wes and kill Boyle. Now, eight years later, Boyle has been spotted alive. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back into disturbing secrets buried in Freemason history, a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, and a two-hundred-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson that conceals secrets worth dying for.

Published
September 5, 2006
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Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer doesn’t just write thrillers—he excavates the hidden pulse beneath the surface of history, government, and identity, crafting stories where secrets aren’t just plot devices but echoes of real-life mysteries. Whether he’s unraveling the buried truths behind the U.S. presidency or sending ordinary people into the heart of extraordinary conspiracies, his work blends the tension of high-stakes fiction with the intimacy of personal legacy. Long before his novels became bestsellers or his characters landed on television screens, Meltzer was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, fascinated by comic books and presidential trivia. That blend of…