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Anticipating grisly Jacobean theatrics and the gothic novel, this remarkable recovery from the rhetorically rowdy Renaissance is a marvelously heady concoction for adventuresome ink drinkers.

This is a fascinating collage of highly provocative interpretations relative to the never-ending Earhart enigma; recommended for history and aviation enthusiasts, conspiracy theorists, lay readers, and public libraries.

If readers can get past the protagonist's ridiculous name, they might still decide that military jargon and lots of "oo-RAH" yelling doesn't substitute for character development in this debut. The action scenes are plentiful; however, while Bauer sketches in the outline of the politics shaping Montana's history, a strong picture of why the various forces are fighting for control of the planet is never really conveyed.

Lincolniana fans and conspiracy theorists everywhere, as well as some Civil War history buffs, will welcome the provocative ruminations here.