Shadows Beneath the Surface
Published on 27. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-1-922329-81-3 (ISBN)
Description
They told him to press the button. They didn't say what it would cost.
Frank Bargen isn't a hero-just a quiet bureaucrat good at keeping his head down. But when he's sent to The Basement as part of a covert government operation, he finds himself at the heart of a brutal system built on silence and fear. His job is simple: monitor the screens, and if things get out of hand, press the button.
But when "out of hand" becomes a front-row seat to sanctioned cruelty, Frank faces a choice that could destroy what little remains of his family-and his conscience.
As lies mount and the machine grinds on, Frank must decide: stay safe and complicit, or risk everything to expose the truth.
A gripping political thriller with moral weight and haunting relevance, this is a story about what it takes to wake up-and what you risk when you do.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-922329-81-3 (9781922329813)
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Editor Jack Dempsey is an award-winning author of works on the Civil War, Michigan history, and culture. Born in Detroit, a graduate of James Madison College / Michigan State University, and George Washington University National Law Center, his fascination with the Civil War began in the third grade. He chaired Michigan's Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, was vice-president and president of the Michigan Historical Commission from 2007 to 2018, a member of the Michigan World War I Centennial Commission, and board member of several heritage-focused nonprofit organizations. He served on the Black Historic Sites Committee of the Detroit Historical Society, contributed to Civil War articles for The Michigan Chronicle, and is a life member of the NAACP. He is a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, the Society for Women and the Civil War, and the Society of Midland Authors. The Michigan Civil War Association (MCWA) is a Michigan 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Its purposes include the pursuit of cultural, historical, and economic development opportunities to preserve and promote the history of Michigan's role in the American Civil War. Proceeds from this volume support the MCWA in raising funds to erect a monument honoring Michigan's contributions to victory and to emancipation at the Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.