Cincinnatus: The Secret Plot to Save America

[Couch Potato]

This book does exactly what a suspense novel is supposed to do -- it keeps you turning the pages to find out what happens next.
When I first heard about this novel I was intrigued. How exactly do you mix fixing PGA tournaments, the secretive military society of the Cincinnatus, a plot of monumental proportions, middle eastern terrorists and the paranormal enigma of Ed Leedskalnin, the weird guy who built Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida (it is a 1100 ton structure supposedly built by this one person, all by himself--nobody knows how he did it) and his theories of magnetism/anti-gravity? Plus, let us not forget the major sub-plot of lost love which permeates the book. Seven lost loves to be exact and in addition, seven disguised plot references to lost love.
Well the author's Rusty McClure and David Stern didn't disappoint, telling an intriguing story which takes you from depression era Homestead, Florida and a meeting with the strange Ed Leedskalnin who secretly built a monument to lost love using mysterious powers to present day, California, Cincinnati, Florida and the Bahamas.
The novel opens with down and out ex-PGA golfer Matt Thurman being framed for murder. His escape from jail is arranged by a mysterious stranger. Along the way he meets Espy Harper, a Department of Justice attorney. Together they discover a plot of monumental proportions involving members of the Order of Cincinnatus, a society of descendents of officers of the Continental Army and the fixing of PGA golf tournaments to finance the plot. The book culminates at an exclusive Bahamas resort island in which the plot is revealed and it all connects: golf mixes with the paranormal discoveries of Ed Leedskalnin, the builder of Coral Castle as well as the plot which is of Clive Cussler like proportions.
This is an entertaining escapist read. Full of intrigue and suspense and interesting plot twists that mixes several seemingly disparate elements into an enjoyable whole. Highly recommended.