
Aninvestigationofthe9/11eventsbyaRussian-Americanjournalistandafatherofa9/11victimimplicatestheUSgovernmentintheattacks.AlexProkop,asuccessfuljournalist,receivesarare9/11videotaperevealingnewinformationabouttheattack.ThefootagewassentbyPaulCooper,adrivenresearcher,whosedaughterdiedon9/11.Sensingagoodstory,ProkoptravelswithCoopertoNewYorkandWashington,DC,wheretheyuncoversuppressedinformationimplicatingtheUSGovernmentintheattacks.AsCooperintroducesProkoptokeyeye-witnesses,thefacadeofthe"officialstory"beginstocrumble.ProkophearsaccountsofundergroundexplosionsintheTwinTowersmomentsbeforetheircollapseanddiscoversthatthefirmprovidingWTCsecuritywasrunbythePresident'sbrother.WefollowAlexandCooperastheyinvestigatetheinexplicablecollapseofthe47-storyWTCBuildingSeven,disprovetheimplausibleairliner"attack"onthePentagon,anduncovertheillegaldestructionofphysicalevidencefromGroundZero.ThepressurebuildsastheFBIintimidatesAlex'seditor,McGuire,torevealkeysources-whilethemagazine'scorporateinvestorsthreatentokilltheentirestory.PlaguedbytheghostsofhisCommunistchildhoodandtryingtoupholdtheindependenceofAmericanjournalism,Alex'ssearchforthetruthleadstoadangerousandshockingrealization!TheReflectingPoolisanintense,soberinginvestigationintothemostcontroversialtragedyofourtime.Drawnfromestablishedsourcesandbasedonverifiablefacts,TheReflectingPoolisathought-provokingstudyofasearchfortruthandtheprofoundconsequencesofnotlookingforitanyfurtherthanthenightlynews.

