The country had recently been through just about as much as it could withstand, it was still deep into the recovery and heaven alone knew when it was all going to feel completed. How many before him had dealt with these situations, he could not say with certainty; it was not the type thing written about and left in a desk drawer like other useful bits of information concerning the job usually was. But knowing the history or not, President Grant had a job to do and part of that job was his responsibility to keep the country and its people as safe as possible. His sense of duty to the country that had elected him caused him to put the pieces in place so that the Black File could be created.
Things were happening, taking place, occurring that could be neither understood nor explained. Some were just fanciful ramblings and tall tales, but others had caused grievous harm and were continuing to do so. Therefore, a select group of four men and women were chosen—two that would investigate these events on the east side of the Mississippi River, and Agents Will Kirkland and Agent Julie Barlow would look into matters west of the big river. Their first case begins in the small town of Trough, Texas where four people and numerous heads of livestock have simply disappeared without a trace.
Before they had even begun their investigation, they would learn that the Black File program and its newly designated agents were not so well kept a secret as they and President Grant believed it all to be. Stay away from this case, they were warned. Investigate any others but leave this one alone, they were told. And then he that gave them the warning was gone just as mysteriously as he had appeared. Any chance of their heeding the advice vanished just as quickly. They had been asked to do this work by the president himself; they would not let him down. Following the one and only cryptic clue that they had, Agents Kirkland and Barlow will venture into the badlands of South Texas to try to uncover what happened to the people who had gone missing. What they will discover will forever change how they have always perceived the world. The bigger question, though, is will they survive long enough to make their discovery known to those who are in charge of the Black File?
Menagerie, the first book in this new series, begs the question be answered. Will you still not believe after seeing with your own eyes?
Genre: Western
Things were happening, taking place, occurring that could be neither understood nor explained. Some were just fanciful ramblings and tall tales, but others had caused grievous harm and were continuing to do so. Therefore, a select group of four men and women were chosen—two that would investigate these events on the east side of the Mississippi River, and Agents Will Kirkland and Agent Julie Barlow would look into matters west of the big river. Their first case begins in the small town of Trough, Texas where four people and numerous heads of livestock have simply disappeared without a trace.
Before they had even begun their investigation, they would learn that the Black File program and its newly designated agents were not so well kept a secret as they and President Grant believed it all to be. Stay away from this case, they were warned. Investigate any others but leave this one alone, they were told. And then he that gave them the warning was gone just as mysteriously as he had appeared. Any chance of their heeding the advice vanished just as quickly. They had been asked to do this work by the president himself; they would not let him down. Following the one and only cryptic clue that they had, Agents Kirkland and Barlow will venture into the badlands of South Texas to try to uncover what happened to the people who had gone missing. What they will discover will forever change how they have always perceived the world. The bigger question, though, is will they survive long enough to make their discovery known to those who are in charge of the Black File?
Menagerie, the first book in this new series, begs the question be answered. Will you still not believe after seeing with your own eyes?
Genre: Western
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