Huey faces almost impossible odds as the first Black Secretary of State. His president, Eugene Debs, is struggling in 1913 as the costs of oil are increasing. The new economy is hurting, crippling the new worker-owned coops.
Add to that, the growing oil industry is loyal to the overseas corporate leaders who fled the US when Debs became president.
Can Huey survive a new conflict as he hears about an assassination plot aimed at Archduke Franz Ferdinand? Especially when he discovers moles in the FBI and the White House?
Ideas about new energy from solar power or battery systems to harness electricity are in the infant stage. The new potential could revive the economy and direct it away from oil. But could Huey's friend from Africa help, or would he also be stopped by sabotage?
