The Order - Paul Decker assignments, #14

Fiction: A series of suspicious suicides draws co-protagonist Paul Decker and co-protagonist, Washington Star reporter, Rebecca Novak, together to investigate.  What starts out as a local issue morphs into a conspiracy of such magnitude as to pit them against a group that wants nothing more than to establish a new world order: one government, one military, one currency, one education system. The group, known as "The Order", is headed by a man said to be 115 years old and involved in every war, assassination and coup d'état since 1914. As much as logic tells Paul and Rebecca that the facts they have gathered, and conclusions drawn, are sending them down a worm hole, the forces aligned against them grow as the two get closer to the core of the group. A number of tenacious investigators have uncovered plots by the CIA, transnational corporations, bankers and the military to further their own agendas.  Yet they are being killed faster that Paul and Rebecca can get to them and provide protection. It is only with the combined effort of Paul's East European hacker, a few brave members of the Washington, DC police department, one fearless U.
S. Senator and some concerned citizens willing to risk their lives that enables the rule of law to triumph. Fact: For decades the country has been run by a cabal operating behind the scenes.  Yet people still believe that politicians and elected officials are independent, honest and looking out for the welfare of its citizens.  Nothing could be further from the truth.