by k.s. mcclure
The Purchase
Seed of Manifest Destiny
A tale of power, politics, and providence, woven with threads of ambition, betrayal and the desperate fight for freedom. Walk the hallowed halls of Jefferson’s Washington City to witness Captain Meriwether Lewis’s desperate quest for justice and exploration amidst conspiracy, forbidden romance and deadly politics. Across the Atlantic, dismissible diplomat Robert Livingston must triumph in Napoleon’s Parisian empire using only his New York wits. In the Caribbean, a resourceful islander, Marianne, fights for survival amidst a brutal revolution that becomes the linchpin of American destiny. Entangled in a web of Spanish and frontier espionage, Will Clark must choose between honor and his family’s dynasty. In a world where power corrupts and fate intervenes, one story will change everything.
author
K.S. McClure
The Purchase is the debut novel of K.S. McClure, an experienced communications professional in the private and public sectors and former news journalist. This story has been a passion project since Kari served on the State of Iowa’s Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission. Her story takes readers on a suspenseful, emotional and spellbinding journey into the nascent years of the 19th century, as America teeters on the precipice of its ever-expanding future.
