The first assassin
Subtitle: a novel
By: by John J. Miller
Publisher: Amazon Encore
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Las Vegas, NV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781935597117
Subjects: Assassins; Officers; Women slaves; Fiction; United States; United States. Army; History
Description: Washington, D.C., 1861. A new president takes office, a nation begins to break apart, and Colonel Charles Rook must risk insubordination to stop a mysterious assassin who prowls a nervous city. He will need the help of an ally he does not even know he has: Portia, a beautiful slave who holds a vital clue, hundreds of miles away.
Notes: "This novel was originally published in a slightly different form by Woodbridge Press in 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-448).