The Book of Fate

In six minutes, one of us would be dead. None of us knew itwas coming...So says Wes Holloway, a once-cocky and ambitious presidential aide, aboutthe day that changed his life forever. On that Fourth of July, Wes put RonBoyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the presidentiallimousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanentlydisfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin.Eight years later, Boyle is spotted, alive and well, in Malaysia. In thatmoment, Wes has the chance to undo the worst day of his life. Trying tofigure out what really happened takes Wes back to a decade-old presidentialcrossword puzzle, mysterious facts buried in Masonic history, and atwo-hundred-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson.