In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh sent 116 men, women and children to Roanoke Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They were to plant the first English colony in the New World. By 1590, they had disappeared. The colony was lost, and it remains America's oldest unsolved mystery. Carl Bowden, a university history professor, has discovered a document that may prove an intriguing new theory of what may have happened to the colonists. He made one phone call to his graduate assistant, a Lumbee Indian. Three hours later he was found murdered under the rotunda of the library. Someone does not want...

In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh sent 116 men, women and children to Roanoke Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They were to plant the first English colony in the New World. By 1590, they had disappeared. The colony was lost, and it remains America's oldest unsolved mystery.
Carl Bowden, a university professor, has discovered a document that may prove an intriguing new theory of what may have happened to the colonists. He made one phone call to a trusted colleague. Three hours later he was found murdered under the rotunda of the university library. Someone does not want the mystery...

According to a calculation known as The Pareto Spread, 80% of America's problems are caused by less than 20% of the people. What if a secret organization of super patriots, The New Democratic Right, could stop the most extreme of these from doing more damage to our culture? What if the NDR could create a new and improved America? And just how far are they willing to go to do it? Murder, corruption and egregious misuse of power, The Pareto Spread takes action-thriller to a new level. The Pareto Spread is no ordinary thriller. Richard Folsom picks apart contemporary American culture with a keen...