A PACKAGE OF GOLD, A SURGE OF HOPE. A WAY OUT OF THIS PLACE.

Criminal attorney John Fiske is drawn into the web of an evil conspiracy at the heart of the American legal system.

Rufus Harms is twenty-five years into his life sentence in military prison for the brutal murder of a schoolgirl. Then a letter from the US army brings into question his whole conviction and the truth about some of Washington's most powerful men. Fearful for his life, Harms seizes his one chance to escape.

When Fiske's loved ones are drawn into the crossfire, the future of the ex-cop turned lawyer becomes intertwined with that of Harms. For the truth and the chance of a future, Fiske will never give up the fight. But for both men time is already running out. Their enemy is buried deep within the system and completely ruthless when protecting their own.

The dark forces behind democracy's most trusted institutions will boil to the surface as Fiske and Harms fight for justice - and their lives.

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