Free Read The Coyotes of Carthage by StevenWright (Goodreads Author) - NVP

Toussaint Andre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful African-American political consultant his aggressive tactics have tarnished his firm's reputation. Now his boss and mentor Mrs. Fitz who plucked him from juvenile incarceration and shepherded his career is exiling him to the boondocks of South Carolina with $250000 of dark money to introduce a ballotToussaint Andre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful African-American political consultant his aggressive tactics have tarnished his firm's reputation. Now his boss and mentor Mrs. Fitz who plucked him from juvenile incarceration and shepherded his career is exiling him to the boondocks of South Carolina with $250000 of dark money to introduce a ballot initiative on behalf of a mining company. The goal: to manipulate the locals into voting in favor of the sale of pristine public land to the highest bidder.Dre arrives in God-fearing flag-waving Carthage County an area America's New Economy has left behind with only Mrs. Fitz's well-meaning yet nave grandson Brendan on his team. A local is needed as a strawman to collect signatures and Dre hires blue-collar couple oafish Tyler Lee and his pious wife Chalene to act as the initiative's public face.Under Dre's cynical direction a land grab is disguised as a righteous fight for faith and liberty. As lines are crossed and lives ruined Dres increasingly cutthroat campaign threatens the last remnants of his own humanity and the very soul of Carthage County.A piercing portrait of our fragile democracy and one man's unraveling THE COYOTES OF CARTHAGE may very well be the political novel of our times.(less)

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