Man of Steel

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When journalist Joe Jonas is sent to cover a press conference in Texas he figures it’s just another crackpot JFK assassination conspiracy. But as he’s half-assing his way through the legwork he stumbles across something that makes him realize this one is for real. He’s even more enthusiastic when Abby Reno, a hot reporter from Austin, insists on working on the story with him.

Kent Castle never forgot losing his nephew and sister during WWII because of the negligence of an unknown lieutenant named John Kennedy. Castle vowed to even the score after Kennedy received a medal instead of the court-martial recommended by Douglas MacArthur himself. Nineteen years later, as Chairman of Eastern Steel, Castle tried to make good on his vow when he dropped by the Oval Office to tell President Kennedy that he would defy the White House by raising steel prices. In a public week-long face off Kennedy forced Castle to back down. The rich kid from Massachusetts won again, and for Castle that was the last straw.

As Jonas and Reno circle closer to the Castle plot they come to realize that the protectors of the secrets are still on the job after nearly twenty years and they don’t take prisoners. They wonder how many before them have come so close, and they’re desperately sure the only way they can survive is to publish a story exposing the plot before they’re caught. The bodies pile up and they spend more and more time looking over their shoulders wondering if the story of the century is worth their lives.