Balance of the Seventh Column (Michael J. Steiger Anthology)($7.99Value)

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When investigative journalist Kevin Parker is murdered on the streets of Manhattan, the case is quickly dismissed as a random mugging. But former NYPD detective turned private investigator Michael J. Steiger knows something doesn’t add up. Hired by a mysterious organization to continue the investigation in secret, Steiger is pulled into a dangerous world of political conspiracies, hidden networks of power, media manipulation, and buried truths connected to the post-9/11 era. As the investigation deepens, Steiger uncovers a labyrinth of corruption stretching far beyond a single murder — one tied to government secrecy, corporate influence, intelligence agencies, and the growing paranoia of early twenty-first century America. Moving through the streets of New York City, the coast of Maine, and the shadowy corridors of institutional power, he finds himself hunted by forces determined to keep the truth buried. Part noir detective thriller, part political conspiracy novel, Balance of the Seventh Column is a time capsule of post-9/11 America and the debut novel that introduced Michael J. Steiger. This edition also features a new afterword by author Eric Norcross reflecting on the novel’s origins, its political themes, the early independent publishing era in which it was created, and the evolution of his work as a writer and artist.