After being discharged from the United States Marine Corps, Stan ends up in Dallas where he intends to finish law school. In the spring of 1976, while attending SMU, he is recruited into the Republican party, elected county chairman, and finds himself helping President Gerald Ford in his campaign against Jimmy Carter. The campaign is marred, however, by an untimely FBI investigation into the financial dealings of a major party contributor, Brad Thornton.

The investigation unleashes an avalanche of misfortune beginning with the alleged murder-suicide of Stan's friend, Rob Shepard, his...

Kevin Wells, a Texas high school student, who has a chance encounter with one ot the daughters of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kiran Shah, and thinks he is in love. He knows there is no hope for such a long distance relationship but can't shake the feeling that Kiran is his soul mate. Much to his surprise and delight, however, Kiran is thrust back into his life due to a shocking and dangerous turn of events.

It's the year 2000 in Trinidad, the NDC is plotting the overthrow of the government. There's just been a hugh oil discovery near Trinidad and in an...