Willfully courting controversy, Kilcannon nominates Caroline Masters - a recurring Patterson heroine - as the first female Chief Justice in the history of the Court. In the aftermath of his inaugural address, Roger Bannon, Chief Justice of a bitterly divided Supreme Court, suffers a fatal stroke, providing the administration with its first major challenge: finding a suitable replacement. Kerry Kilcannon, last seen in No Safe Place, has just been elected President by the narrowest of margins. Protect and Defend begins, portentously, with an inauguration and a death. And from Judge Masters to a conservative, war-hero senator facing a crisis of conscience and a fifteen-year-old girl battling for her future, no one will be. But despite the flowered dress she wore, her belly had begun to show. The result of all this is a compelling, hugely ambitious narrative that successfully illuminates the predatory nature of life in the corridors of power. A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson - a major departure, and that confirms his place among the most important popular novelists at work. She was a girl, really, with short red hair and a waif-like slimness. Richard North Patterson's Protect and Defend is many things at once: a courtroom drama, a work of social criticism, an examination of the harsh realities of public life, and an evenhanded analysis of the controversial, interconnected issues of late-term abortion and parental consent. PROTECT AND DEFEND by Richard North Patterson - FIRST EDITION BOOK See all titles by Richard North Patterson.
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