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 Charismatic and cunning, Lando is obsessed with the goal of saving the country from its corrupt ruling alliance by any means necessary.  His reluctant ally is political organizer Emily Cortright, coordinator of a network of civil, religious, and labor groups.  Bound together in a web of common aims and conflicting loyalties, the two plan a massive peaceful protest against a conference of national business leaders, which they hope will stagger the Regime.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond his control, though, Lando’s Army of the Republic has already unleashed a chain of events that will electrify and frighten an uneasy nation.  Hemmed in by their lethal compromises, Emily, Lando, James and Anne struggle to redeem or destroy those that they love most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrilling and unforgettable, The Army of the Republic is a brilliant, provocative novel about what it means to live in a 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entertaining.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e                                                         — Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn the lurid nightclubs modern Shanghai, infamous expat financier Peter Harrington is suddenly confronted by his past.  Investors he has ruined, looming federal investigations and a remote but alluring woman all converge on one halucinatory night that ends in the labyrinth of an ancient Chinese garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the other side of the ocean, faded rock star Pete Harrington has no band, no hits and no hope in sight.  He’s lived for years on his worn-out celebrity, until a final flash of inspiration wakes him from his alcoholic haze and sends him on an absurd and epic quest for 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