An email from the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon recently showed up in the inbox. We had fallen out of touch for a few years, after I had written about some of his travails for National Review. I was encouraged to learn that he’s still active and that a book project on the myth of the noble savage is very much alive.
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"An excellent book--it’s like The Day of the Jackal set in 1861 Washington."
--Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pursuit of Honor
"Packed with fascinating information, superb characters, and sublime plot twists, The First Assassin is one of the most exciting thrillers I have read in a long, long time. This is historical fiction at its best and John J. Miller is the hot new author everyone will be talking about."
--Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Apostle
"The story moves with swift suspense, but Miller's real achievement is to take us inside a mindset nearly lost to time, and to create identifiable, sympathetic characters on all sides, including those who are willing to do murder to preserve the Confederacy and its "'peculiar institution.'"
--Andrew Klavan, author of Empire of Lies
"The First Assassin knocked me out. Utterly compelling, the novel sweeps the reader along multiple storylines which converge at one point, one moment, where history pivots on its axis. A skilled writer of non-fiction, here Miller uses his knowledge and research to create a powerful thriller that is completely believable. With its accurate period details and pitch-perfect characters -- from house slaves to Washington, D.C. careerists to a mysterious hitman -- there’s not a false note in the whole book. Read it and tell me I'm wrong."
--Robert Ferrigno, author of Heart of the Assassin
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John–thanks for posting this…I sent it to my publisher, Simon & Schuster. Padilha’s film is now being considered by the Sundance panel. If accepted, it will premiere in January. I might go to it.
Alice Dreger’s initial presentation of what the AAA did to me will be presented in Philly at the AAA meetings in early December, when the fur will start to fly. Her website is http://www.alicedreger.com I dropped my lawsuit against the AAA—the statute of limitations had passed. At least my ‘threat’ caused them to remove the offensive “Final Report” of the Darkness…”investigation” of me (the Witch hunt). Cheers.