Part I: A Perfect Patricide (Part I) (ePub)

A fast-paced, yet complex, political drama with elements of historical fiction. The novel deals with a veteran United States Senator from Alabama running for President in the 1988 election. The scion of a historically powerful Southern political dynasty, Jefferson Dent, renounced Jim Crow early on and participated in the civil rights movement. Elected in an upset to the Senate in 1968 he graudally rose from his status as a loose cannon, thought by his peers as a one-term wonder, into a political powerhouse.

Despite his position, Dent is being increasingly plagued by his complicated and frequently tragic past, including childhood experiences, when the only close person to him was his illegitimate half-Black sister, military service as a Navy SEAL during the 60s, disjointed personal life and the fact he feels a constant need to prove to everybody he's not his ancestors. His closest campaign staff is being drawn into this conflict, with all involved finding it increasingly difficult to balance the professional with the personal.

The subplots deals with the Senator's family background, growing up in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era, his earlier political career as well as his clandestine military service in a fictional small European country named Mihraba.

Is it possible to reconcile with the past?