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  • The Jefferson Allegiance

  • By: Bob Mayer
  • Narrated by: Steven Cooper
  • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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The Jefferson Allegiance: #2 nationally nest-selling eBook.

NY Times best-selling author Bob Mayer. Over 4 million books sold.

The 4th of July 1826. As Thomas Jefferson lies dying, he gives his part of his Jefferson Cipher to Edgar Allen Poe, with instructions to take the disks to West Point. In Massachusetts, John Adams entrusts his part of the Cipher to Colonel Thayer, the superintendent of the Military Academy. As Thayer rides away, Adams utters his final words: "Thomas Jefferson survives."

In the present, Green Beret Paul Ducharme has been recalled from Afghanistan after the "accidental' death of his best friend, the son of one of the Philosophers. While Ducharme is visiting his friend's gravesite in Arlington, an old man is executed by a member from the Society of Cincinnati know as the Surgeon, who is seeking to gather all the pieces of the cipher. In a nearby restaurant, former CIA and now Curator at Monticello, Evie Tolliver, waits anxiously for her mentor to arrive, but he's killed by the same assassin at the Zero Milestone. His heart and the Philosopher's head are displayed as a grisly message on top of the stone, echoing Jefferson's famous head-heart letter.

Ducharme and Tolliver, the unknowing heirs to become the next generation of caretakers of the Jefferson Allegiance, team up and must battle the Surgeon to assemble the Cipher and find the Jefferson Allegiance, a document that has kept the balance of power in the United States for over two centuries.

The story is a race back through history and the founding of the country.

This is the first book in a new series: The Presidential Thrillers, each novel based on a historical puzzle left behind by a President. The Kennedy Endeavor will be released in summer 2012.

The Facts

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in May of 1783. A leading member was Alexander Hamilton, and the first President of the Society was George Washington. Thomas Jefferson was not allowed membership. The Society of the Cincinnati is the oldest continuous military society in North America. It has its current headquarters at the Anderson House in downtown Washington, D.C.

In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson, well known for his strong opposition to a standing army, established the United State Military Academy, the oldest Military Academy in North America. In 1819, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia, the first college in the United States to separate religion from education. It has its current headquarters in Philosophical Hall on Liberty Square in Philadelphia.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."—Thomas Jefferson 1787.

©2011 Bob Mayer (P)2011 Bob Mayer
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Good story - decent listen

I have read the Kindle version of this story years ago, and the author kindly provided me a copy of the audible version.

This story merges historical fiction with fact, implying that certain events in US political history happened due to the power of the Jefferson Allegiance, and amendment to the 2nd Amendment of the constitution that requires the Military to remove any Federal Official who betrays the country.

The story follows a US Army Green Beret and former CIA officer who have to find the Jefferson Allegiance after the previous protectors were murdered, the Allegiance is protected by high ranking military officers from each branch of the US military and a civilian who is the chair, ensuring civilian control.
On the opposite side is a cabal who want to control the US by taking possession of the allegiance by any means necessary and have infiltrated people into positions of power to aid them.

The story was enjoyable and kept me entertained, I listened to it over a couple of days, blitzing the final 4 hours as I wanted to hear how it ended. Onto book 2!

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