whilst Elijah Hocking’s existence is modified eternally through the brutal homicide of his first spouse on their distant estancia, he comes to a decision the single method forward on this planet is to exploit and manage others, by way of strength if priceless.
Fall from Grace, the second one ebook within the Elijah Trilogy, follows Elijah’s relentless climb to energy as he returns to the us to stay. With the aid of his attorney and enterprise companion Jorge and together with his child-hood mate Johnny as his minder, he units approximately development his empire. alongside the best way he mixes with a various phalanx of characters akin to Joseph Kennedy, Franklin D Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, Hermann Göring and Folke Bernadotte among others.
While buying and selling with the Nazis in international battle he at the same time assists Jewish refugees to flee from Germany. He purchases looted paintings works, when accomplishing espionage on behalf of the american citizens. yet within the fifties, he falls foul of J Edgar Hoover. The FBI Director combines forces with Senator McCarthy's vendetta opposed to intended U.S. enemies. His affair with Australian born Maureen Baverstock is publicly uncovered leaving his marriage to Nancy in tatters. As neighbors and associates dessert him, and dealing with a potential summons forcing him to testify approximately his wartime actions ahead of McCarthy's Senate hearings, Elijah elects to depart the United States in digital exile.
Twice widowed, it sort of feels Elijah is incapable of forming lasting relationships with the ladies in his existence – the attractive Agnota, the manipulative Kyra, the subtle Sophia or Nancy who helped clear up the secret of his mom and dad.
And then there’s his children...