"...strap on your seat belt, it's a wild ride. Take a little Hunter Thompson, add some Dashiell Hammett, throw in a pinch of noir, and let it ferment for five minutes in a bottle of Boone's Farm...that's the mix these books deliver on." R. Baker "The only author to fictionalize with historic accuracy one of the most divisive and monumental periods in modern American history, the 1960's." "The Woodstock Conspiracy" is the third book of "The Woodstock Trilogy," which also includes "Monterey Pop: Summer of Love" and "Chicago: Days of Rage." It tells of the dramatic rise of the 1960's counterculture as witnessed from the perspectives of an audacious flower child, an increasingly disconnected CIA assassin, and his boss who is determined to prevent a bloody revolution at any cost. "The Woodstock Conspiracy" is the story of CIA case officer, Percy Arnold, and Marla Donahue, a free-spirited, young woman, caught up in the maelstrom as the counterculture reaches its zenith at Woodstock, implodes, and collapses. Percy and his team, Monday and Jackson, conduct an illegal, domestic surveillance operation of the sixties counterculture for the Nixon White House. In defiance of direct orders, he expands the scope of his operation until rock stars like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin are expiring at an alarming rate. To the public, it was drugs, but there are people who know better and Percy is forced to deal with them. Officially, the program is cancelled and Percy reassigned. Undaunted, he employs a more subtle means of assassination for his next target and he sets in motion one last murder only one man can stop.
About the Author: Martin Rots was raised in Southern California and Detroit. In the late-sixties, he regularly attended concerts at the Grande Ballroom, Eastowne Theater, and other contemporary Detroit venues. He contributed reviews of live performances and new records for a local paper for several years before returning to school and a long career as a mechanical engineer. Martin has continued to write fiction, non-fiction, essays, and short stories his entire life. In the mid-sixties, Martin began to collect music, books and memorabilia and has consequently amassed a large collection that is still growing. His passion for the era has taken him to London, Paris, New York and San Francisco for research. Crossing Abbey Road, visiting Jim Morrison's grave in Paris, and standing on the stage at Monterey where Jimi burned his guitar has given him a better understanding of the artists and the places that inspired them and their music. Today Martin lives in Northern California while he continues to study and write about the music of the era and the counterculture that evolved around it. He regularly contributes to this blog www.MartinRots.com and his Classic Rock blog at www.ClassicRockEsoterica.com.