The Counterfeit: A Novel

In the near future, China wins the Pacific War that leaves the United States vanquished and bankrupted. Beijing is plotting to make a puppet of the next US President, in command of a corrupt and hypocritical government that has created two Americas: one of ease, affluence, and influence; and one where people struggle to survive. Now paroled military officers and ordinary Americans are beginning to fight back. Their audacious plan is to put a spy into the highest reaches of government. Philip Nolan, Commander, US Navy, survived the war and captivity as a POW. Paroled in Chicago, Nolan agrees to infiltrate the Internal Security Division—America’s Gestapo—and replace his look-alike brother as the head of a vast secret police network built to intimidate, arrest, and imprison the government’s critics. As treachery and political intrigue swirls around him, Nolan is pulled into a whirlpool of deceit and foreign intrusion. Hidden in the corridors of power, Nolan risks capture, torture, and death as he works undercover to aid the rising Resistance. The Counterfeit is a gripping dystopian thriller that explores the themes of loyalty, identity, and the struggle for freedom in a world where truth is a rare commodity and courage is the ultimate weapon. Read more