Contemporary American English Available June 2008 Nate O'Riley is a powerful Washington lawyer.
Returning to work after a long stay in hospital is difficult for Nate.
Then he is sent on a journey that takes him from the tense courtrooms of Washington to the dangerous swamps of Brazil.
It is a journey that will change his life forever.
GRISHAM JOHN
John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive 1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Boys From Biloxi, The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
