Inhaltsangabe
Power, conscience, and the fight for reform collide in a gripping political novel. The book follows Luke Huber as he exposes how money and institutions press their will on society, challenging readers to question who really controls justice, government, and everyday life.
This is a tightly paced story of campaigns, public figures, and the push and pull between reformers and entrenched interests. It blends personal ambition with a larger critique of how systems can corral individual choice, urging readers to consider what true freedom requires.
- A clear look at how politics, business, and law shape the modern world.
- A principled protagonist who weighs personal risk against the greater good.
- Strategic moves, leaks, and media coverage that drive the drama.
- A provocative examination of the balance between reform and power.
Ideal for readers who enjoy suspenseful political fiction with thoughtful questions about ethics and society.
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Excerpt from The Spider's Web
In 1909 I projected, vaguely it is true, a cycle of four novels, each to be independent of the others in plot and character, but all carrying forward a defi nite View of life. As, however, the announcement of a cycle is the surest means of alienating readers, not to mention publishers, I held my tongue about the general plan and concerned myself, ln' public, only with its separate parts. These were The House of Bondage, The Sentence of Silence, Running Sands and The Spider's Web.
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Excerpt from The Spider's Web
In order to warn off trespassers, I have begun my novel with four chapters that expert book-marker - indeed, my own book-maker - has pronounced dull: I knew that only those to whom the book belonged would preserve. By the same token, being aware that the story which is prefaced by an apology is ended with suspicion, I preface this story with an apology: I want to apologize to my friends for using them and to my enemies for not giving them what they have expected; I want to create in the minds of the former the suspicion that I am darker than I have been painted, and in the minds of the latter the suspicion that I am not a whited sepulcher but a blackened altar.
In 1909 I projected, vaguely it is true, a cycle of four novels, each to be independent of the others in plot and character, but all carrying forward a definite view of life. As, however, the announcement of a cycle is the surest means of alienating readers, not to mention publishers, I held my tongue about the general plan and concerned myself, in public, only with its separate parts. These were "The House of Bondage," "The Sentence of Silence," "Running Sands" and "The Spider's Web."
Privately, the first question demanding answer was that of method.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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