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First Citizen

Repudiate the national debt? Political gold for a nation in default! And why not stop collecting taxes while we’re at it? But soon, a few small problems emerge: the collapse of law-abiding society, for one. The total dissolution of the armed forces, for another. As the old republic and its Constitution crumble away to dust, only the ruthless prosper. And the most ruthless and intelligent of all is Gentleman Volunteer James Granville Corbin. Now as Corbin brings war and destruction to his foes and reunites a nation, a new epoch dawns. The Age of American Empire. And Corbin is its Caesar.

“Wild. . .Thomas’s feeling for human nature and his detailed knowledge of how things work –from the military to business legal and illegal–keep [his stories] lively and provocative.” –Publishers Weekly

Cover Art by David Mattingly

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, December 1987

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-10: 0-671-65368-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-6716-5368-2
E-ISBN: 978-1-61824-002-6

Copyright 1987 by Thomas T. Thomas

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