The Promethean File (ePub)

Alex Scott, a San Francisco newspaper reporter, reads about the unusual suicide of a man from Unitron, a defense contractor. He is surprised to learn this is not the first mysterious death of a Unitron employee. Eight other workers were also "suicides" in a 14-month period, but the medical examiner can prove the men did not take their own lives.Scott is intrigued and begins investigating. An informer at the defense company implies a possible conspiracy involving Unitron and the Pentagon against the White House. Unitron is working on a weapon called Genesis - a project canceled by the President when he signed an arms treaty with Russia. Other informers who provide information suddenly die or disappear.The Department of Defense is worried about Scott's articles. Sanctioning weapons systems would end many careers, and cause the President to resign for violating the arms treaty. As Scott gets closer to the truth, there are numerous attempts on his life. Eventually, he learns of another deadly project called Promenthean, and finds the name of every "suicide" victim on its personnel roster. Scott's revealing feature articles for a congressional investigation that clears Unitron, but a scathing CEO, and other prominent officials are forced to resign.Scott has won his battle but his gratification is short-lived. He learns the Joint Chiefs and Unitron were not conspirators, but were simply following orders.