Cotton Malone is a retired agent for a special group of operatives who deal with especially dangerous missions. Cotton is enjoying life running a book store in Denmark when his former boss asks him to help her out by getting an informer out to safety and find a missing agent. The whole situation goes bad and he winds up killing three men.

As the story grows we find a group of people, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, attempting to find something that President Lincoln had in his possession. Something Lincoln gave to the Prophet of the church a long time ago for safe keeping. They believe it will help give them legal right to leave the Union and form their own nation. Knowing how dangerous this would be to America the current President puts Cotton and other members of the team on the trail of this group to stop them. If one state finds a way to legally succeed from the union then others will follow and the nation will fall.

THE LINCOLN MYTH is an exciting story that grabs you from the start and intrigues you with its history and information. I loved the story and the concept from both sides of the succession argument.

Being a Texan it's something we think and talk about often. THE LINCOLN MYTH is well researched in both the concept of the legal process of succession but also in the research done on the Mormon Church. I always enjoy reading a book where I feel like I have learned something. THE LINCOLN MYTH is a page turning thriller that I recommend you read, Steve Berry has once again written a great book.