{"product_id":"confluence-9798218007799","title":"Confluence","description":"\u003cp\u003eA century of political, military, and social history come together in a devastating confluence of evil in this panoramic tale woven out of seemingly unconnected people and events. The fictional plot is intricately interwoven with little-known historical facts that make the incredible story frighteningly believable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA treasure hunter in Key West in the 1950s, a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in the 1960s, anti-war activists in the 1970s, eco-warriors in the 1980s, post-cold war subversives, international terrorists, a present-day whitewater river guide, and a burned-out detective from LAPD, form the cast of characters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrustrated that their \"revolution\" never materialized, a cadre of geriatric radicals hatches a plot to blow up hydropower dams in the Pacific Northwest and replicate the great ice-age floods that carved the Columbia River Gorge. They get support through an uneasy alliance between old-line communists, the new incarnation of Russia's KGB, the government of Iran, and a would-be terrorist in Key West who has possession of a cold war era hydrogen bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndetected by Homeland Security, the unfolding plot is uncovered by \"Swede\" Larsson, Town Marshal in Riggins, Idaho (population 406), while investigating the seemingly accidental drowning of a young man in the Salmon River. As the scope of the conspiracy becomes apparent, Swede is joined in a desperate race to prevent a cataclysmic flood by his river guide friend Cassidy Pierce and former Vietnam combat pilot Terry Caldwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Baysinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218007799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.34d","brand":"Ken Baysinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058713125045,"sku":"9798218007799","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a2a0aec3-5da3-4fc4-bc3d-b1003ed84138.jpg?v=1738078173","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/confluence-9798218007799","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}