The Devil's Dictum

In a topsy-turvy United States founded by pirates, the personal assassin to the chief justice receives a terrifying order: round up and kill all men who look like himself.Why does the chief justice want these men dead? What threat could they possibly pose? And can the assassin save them-or will he become the final victim?Spooky, sly and satirical, The Devil's Dictum recasts J. Edgar Hoover as a Satanic high priest, Calvin Coolidge as a private eye, and Richard Nixon as the pilot of a giant armored robot. Readers hungering for original and mind-blowing alternate history need look no further.