n nThe history of Americas income-tax law can be found in the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. But someone has unearthed a secret that calls that law into question. Now its up to Cotton Malone to learn the truth. . .n nOnce a member of an elite intelligence division within the Justice Department, Malone is now a retired bookshop owner in Denmark. But when his former boss, Stephanie Nelle, asks him to track a rogue North Korean who may have acquired some top secret Treasury Department files-the kind that could bring the United States to its knees-Malone is vaulted into a harrowing twenty-four-hour chase that begins on the canals in Venice and ends in the remote highlands of Croatia.n nLoaded with action, character sketches, and] fascinating history...along the lines of The Da Vinci Code.-Pittsburgh Post-Gazetten nWith appearances by Franklin Roosevelt, Andrew Mellon, a curious painting that still hangs in the National Gallery of Art, and some eye-opening revelations about the dollar bill, Malones high-stakes investigation will ultimately beg the question: What if the federal income tax is illegal? Now its up to him to find the answer-at all costs.n nOne of Berrys best books to date.-The New York Times n nThis edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.n