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Mr. Harper is a professor at the University of Oklahoma and a member of the Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute.

“Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish,” he said, calling out members of his own party.

But months to the election, a wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killings of opposition members gripped the country, shattering hopes for reforms and reconciliation.

Most people put off any sort of end-of-life planning, and that leaves the family members who want to help them scrambling to make decisions in a crisis.

The detective and his team deduce that the plotters likely include government and industry officials in Canada and the U.S., as well as organized-crime figures and even members of the Quebec police force.