The presidential election of 1896 is widely acknowledged as one of only a few that brought about fundamental realignments in American politics. New voting patterns replaced old, a new majority party came to power, and national policies shifted to reflect new realities. R. Hal Williams now presents the first study of that campaign in nearly fifty years, offering fresh interpretations on the victory of Republican William McKinley over Democrat William Jennings Bryan.In tracing the tr...

Pam Robinson and Marian Wortham have been best friends for years, but recent incidents where Marian feels that Pam has stepped in needlessly has erected a wall between them. Pam initiates a meeting to clear the air. As that conversation progresses, Marian reveals that she is seeking a transfer from Washington to Houston. "That's where M.D. Anderson is located," she explains. "I have a malignant tumor in my colon."Along with her daily responsibilities, Pam must invest time in course ...

Recently returned from her assignment in Texas and still nursing an arm wounded by a gunman in Mexico, ATF Special Agent Pam Robinson learns that she is to hit the road again. A bomb attack in Cincinnati has all the earmarks of sabotage, but could it be a reprisal over a Chinese takeover bid? Or possibly both?With each new revelation of clues, her assignment becomes more complicated. Her boss sees her as more than a forensic specialist, the top man in Cincinnati sees her as a threat...

Pam Robinson no longer has direction of the National Response Teams. Jim Snyder, the new Assistant Director for the Explosives and Arson Division now assumes that role. Even so, Robinson still conducts the investigation of a post office blast in New Hampshire, an event for which The Alliance claims responsibility. FBI Special Agent Kent Mertens, based on intelligence from good sources, leads a raid against The Alliance that costs the lives of four federal officers. Initially ostracized, Me...

Domestic terrorists initiate a series of explosive attacks against Jewish-owned businesses. Innocent people die. Survivors' lives are shattered.One young woman holds an important piece of information, one that she realizes could make her another casualty. She struggles to put her life back together without revealing what she knows until it is almost too late.On the opposite side of the conflict, a Jewish firebrand sets out to create a local cadre of armed men and women. His g...

Pam Robinson is tasked to substitute for a retiring senior ATF agent, but that means spending time in Houston, a city she loathes. Worse, the man she is replacing temporarily has a sour disposition and unloads his venom on her. Before her interim assignment runs its course, she is indirectly involved in a double homicide and directly involved in a shooting incident on a Houston street. Then her boss in Washington tells her he is quitting ATF, which will leave her high and dry.

Post-blast investigation is Pam Robinson's forte, and she works closely with other ATF and FBI agents to identify and analyze explosive events. When not in the field, her regular workdays consist of reviewing incident reports and preparing depositions for use in prosecution of criminal acts involving explosives, tasks that at times become onerous. But when the call for NRT goes out, she must drop everything and respond to the deployment order immediately.In the course of doing her j...

What begins as a delightful seven-day Caribbean cruise for two thousand passengers becomes a nightmare when Cuban pirates attack the ship. Rico Cruz, ruthless leader of the raiders, has no compunctions when it comes to killing. His victims include both passengers and crew, men and women alike. For the ship's officers, trying to protect their charges seems an impossible task. Travis Wheeler, master of Neptune's Queen, faces one critical decision after another as he tries to thwart the hijac...

Accepting the Deputy Director's job will take Pam Robinson back to Washington, but it will also bring her field work to an end. Investigation of explosive events is Pam's lifeblood. Dealing expertly with incidents for which she has the training and years of experience is her forte. And yet, her career may stagnate if she remains in Texas. She likes her home in Dallas and the people she knows there. She likes the less hectic pace of life. Returning to Washington also means a return to its c...

New home. New job. New responsibilities. All the newness threatens to overwhelm Pam Robinson. She manages to cope with her first few uneventful days in Dallas, but then a major disaster casts her into the spotlight. Her performance on CNN and her astute analysis of the incident garner professional kudos, but nagging self-doubt continues to haunt her. "What if?" is a recurring question that she can neither answer nor escape. Yet she realizes that success in her job will require taking risks...

In the dead of Winter 1934, massive amounts of mountain snow force Lakes and Western engineer Caleb McCamy to stop his train. It will be five hours before a railroad snowplow can reach his location. Conditions call for significant decisions, and he relies on Tim Marlow, the train's veteran conductor, to come up with appropriate solutions.Among the passengers, one is particularly upset. Oil man Stephen Coombs needs additional funding to enlarge his enterprise. Delay threatens his sc...

Even though smuggling humans is a federal crime, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety Jim Travis sends Steve Oliveras from Austin to Galveston, his assignment to monitor progress of the investigation, help if he can, and keep his bosses and the governor up to date on the latest developments. In addition to re-meeting alluring, saucy FBI agent Maria Esparza, he finds himself working with Tom Grady, another agent he knew from the Mexico border taskforce. He and Grady had not got...