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The Hidden Corridor was born a few months ago over dinner with Jon and Sonja at our house. We were talking about how to stay in touch while Jon was away this year. After much conversation and much wine, we decided that it would be fun to use this time to develop a blog-based novel, with inputs from all friends willing to participate.

To participate, just read the post preceding yours (and any others you might wish to read as well) and pick up a story line to follow. You can take it in any direction you choose. You can introduce new characters, locations and themes. Just be sure to provide a point of reference so that the story ties together. When Jon gets home, we will print and share the entire story with all participants.

Here is the premise of the story: The Pentagon is perpetually under construction. During one of these projects back in the early sixties, a corridor was blocked off during a a construction project. As often happens with Pentagon renovations, the project dragged on, with amendments to plans and changes in project management. By the time it was all finished, the corridor was forgotten.

It remained undiscovered for several years until Robert McNamara took the helm at the Department of Defense. Max Savage, a defense contractor, came on board as an advisor to McNamara. Max discovered to corridor and began unlocking its secrets while serving as one of McNamara's most trusted advisers. But what he discovered in that corridor shook his beliefs to the core and, ultimately, changed our history as a nation. This is the story of what Max found, what he did and what still happens in the hidden corridor.