The Hydra Pit

by Jay Barbree

A novel set in Jimmy Carter's Georgia. Editor and publisher Clay Horland investigates deception and intrigue surrounding construction of a dam at Burkett's Landing, Georgia. He learns the project has the secret code name of Hydra and that the dam and power stations are a massive deception to disguise a dangerous truth.

316 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Jay Barbree (born 1933) is a correspondent for NBC News, focusing on space travel. Barbree is the only journalist to have covered every manned space mission in the United States, beginning with the first American in space, Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7 in 1961, continuing through to the latest mission, Atlantis's STS-132 mission in May 2010. Barbree has been present for 132 space shuttle launches, and every launch for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo eras. In total, Barbree has been witness to 163 manned space launches.
Barbree is the author or co-author of seven books, including two memoirs.