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Devin Thomas O’Shea’s The Veiled Prophet is the definitive history of the Veiled Prophet Society in all its violence and pageantry, offering a colorful alternate history of the United States through the lens of the Midwestern elite. O’Shea follows the Veiled Prophet Society from its origins in the wake of the 1877 general strike, through the 1904 World’s Fair, to the height of the Prophet’s—and St. Louis’s—influence during the Cold War. The Veiled Prophet examines the unexpected ways this secret society has shaped the course of history, from the CIA to the Vietnam War to the assassination of Martin Luther King. Yet the power wielded by the Veiled Prophet has not gone uncontested. Since the Gilded Age, the Prophet has faced resistance from orphans armed with pea-shooters, Communist Party organizers during the Depression, Civil Rights icons, and renegade debutantes. The Ferguson uprising of 2014 was only the most recent challenge to the Prophet’s influence. As the fight for the soul and streets of St. Louis intensifies, it’s more critical than ever that we expose the sordid history of these powerful, masked figures and their control over our democracy.

CIA Drugs volume 2 features interviews and in-depth reporting on intelligence agencies, intelligence history, data centers, arms manufacturers, drone warfare and the Mid-Atlantic power grid, which is currently teetering on the brink of an overload. It includes interviews with investigative journalist Matt Farwell, JFK researcher Jefferson Morley, power grid guru Peter Cary, drone warfare analyst Samuel Bendett and ex-CIA officers John Kiriakou and Phil Giraldi. It comes in at 16 pages on high-bright newsprint.