“There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those stories for a living.” Beecher White, a young archivist, spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government. He has always been the keeper of other people’s stories, never a part of the story himself . . .
Until now.
When Clementine Kaye, Beecher’s first childhood crush, shows up at the National Archives asking for his help tracking down her long-lost father, Beecher tries to impress her by showing her the secret vault where the President of the United States privately reviews classified documents. After they accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact—a two-hundred-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington—hidden underneath a desk chair, Beecher and Clementine find themselves suddenly entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder.
Soon a man is dead and Beecher is on the run as he races to learn the truth behind this mysterious national treasure. His search will lead him to discover a coded and ingenious puzzle that conceals a disturbing secret from the founding of our nation. It is a secret, Beecher soon discovers, that some believe is worth killing for.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
It should, because it’s the premise of the new book, The Inner Circle, by our friend, Brad Meltzer, that was released today.
We recently chatted with Brad about his television series, Decoded, and in the interview he talked about the Red Cell Program that he participated in and that it was one of the inspirations for the new book.
This is the book that Brad researched with the help of the Department of Homeland Security and a former US President and is based on the factual accounts that George Washington started his own secret spy ring during the early days of our country, and the thriller begins when a young archivist in the National Archives discovers that George Washington’s spy ring still exists today. Who are they working for? The darkest secret of the US Presidency is about to be revealed.
To celebrate the occasion of the book’s release, Brad has put the first chapter of the book online, and I’ll be damned if don’t want to spend the rest of the night reading the entire book.
For more details, including Brad’s book tour schedule, click HERE!
