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AN UNCERTAIN TRUTH
A National Security Thriller
A nation that no longer trusts its leaders is offered an AI-powered system—the perfect arbiter of facts—unaware of what the machine may be hiding.
As evidence, power, and loyalty collide, Scott must uncover the truth behind Guardian's alarming behavior before actions already in motion become unstoppable.
SOME QUESTIONS SHOULDN'T BE LEFT TO A MACHINE.
THE FIRST BOOK
A MORE PERFECT UNION
A National Security Thriller
Scott Higgins has spent a lifetime in the shadows, making impossible decisions in the name of national security. Now living a quiet life far from the battlefield, he’s determined to leave the past behind—until a string of politically charged murders drags him back into a world he no longer trusts.
What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. A rogue operative targeting extremists. A secretive figure known only as “EP” calling for the overthrow of the government. And mounting evidence of a plot that could disrupt a presidential election—and push a divided nation past the breaking point.
A NATION DIVIDED. A TRUTH WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
Elliott light
Grew up outside Washington, D.C. in McLean, Virginia before the beltway encircled the capital city, before farms were turned into housing developments, and before open fields became mega-malls.
Light attended both engineering and law school (apparently, unable to make up his mind). He spent three decades practicing law, including environmental, energy, contract, telecommunications, and patent law. (Do you see a pattern here?) But he yearned to be a teller of stories that both entertain and enlighten and in 2002, his first book, LONESOME SONG was published. CHAIN THINKING (2003), THE GENE POLICE (2018), THROWAWAYS (2020) , THE JACKSON RIVER BRIDGE (2023), and THE LAST RIGHTS followed. A MORE PERFECT UNION will be his seventh published novel. Light enjoys trying Asian-inspired recipes, experimenting with his air fryer (you don't need one but it really is fun), reading about new energy technologies (super-hot geothermal looks promising). When he's not traveling with his spouse, Sonya, or not writing, he is a dedicated servant to their cat, Feste.
Author photo by John F. Morgan,
John Morgan Photography, www.jfmorgan.com
My Books
A More Perfect Union
A National Security Thriller - Book 1
An Uncertain Truth
A National Security Triller - Book 2
The Last Rights
Chain Thinking
Smalltown Mysteries - Book #2
Throwaways
Jake Savage Mysteries - Book #1
Lonesome Song
Smalltown Mysteries - Book #1
The Gene Police
Smalltown Mysteries - Book #3
The Jackson River Bridge
IN THE PRESS
THE LAST RIGHTS
“This is a unique, immersive, and brilliantly written book that I couldn’t put down, even after multiple reads.”
Sana Abuleil,
Author, Letters to the Person I Was
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