Fuhrer's Heart

Author: James D. Ward P.O. Box 8601 Columbus, MS 39705. Fuhrers Heart: An American Story is a suspense thriller set in the New Orleans academic world. Full of suspicious deaths, action, conspiracies, and sex; the author adds to this tumultuous mix a great dose of racial tension and political commentary. One of the main characters is a young and highly ambitious African American named Michael Woods. His dreams for a better life lure him from the working class lifestyle of his family, former cotton pickers in the rural South. He graduates from college and upon receiving a PhD, is fiercely recruited by New Orleans' prestigious Institute for Public Policy. Unbeknownst to Michael, the liberal leaning Institute has recently been infiltrated by white supremacists portraying themselves as members of the liberal establishment.