Title: The first assassin
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.
Subjects: Assassins, Officers, Women slaves, Fiction, United States, United States. Army, History, Armed Forces, Slaves, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, Fiction, historical, general, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction
Places: Washington (D.C.)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865