This is the story-both frightening and fascinating-about a journey to seek the truth in the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy. The author's search for Victoria Elizabeth Adams, a disregarded yet key witness in the event that shaped our nation, led him to a dark opposition of history's official record. Adams worked on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. She was on the back staircase of the building at the precise moment that Lee Harvey Oswald-according to the Warren Commission's account-was making his escape. However, Adams saw and heard no one. Belittled by the Warren Commission and fearing for her life, she vanished into obscurity rather than speak out about the truth.

After a three-decade quest and an array of obstacles, the author found Adams and brings to light her full story for the first time. Included in this narrative are the testimonies of Adams and other forgotten witnesses, along with extensive research suggesting that Oswald was not on the sixth floor when Kennedy was shot. Was Oswald truly the assassin, or was America deceived? Barry Ernest is an author and former investigative journalist. He served in the US Navy as a radar man aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following his time in the service, he graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Ernest worked as a staff writer for the York (PA) Sunday News and the Syracuse (NY) Herald-Journal and Sunday Herald-American. He is a former press secretary and director of communications for the state of Pennsylvania.

Passionate about finding the truth in the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy, Ernest began his search for Victoria Adams in 1967. He frequently lectures on the topic and is the recipient of the 2011 Mary Ferrell Pioneer Award, a national honor presented for a lifetime of searching for the truth in the event that changed our country forever. Ernest resides with his wife in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.