The Supreme Court is one of our most sacred - and secretive - public institutions. But sometimes secrets can lead to cover-ups with very deadly consequences.
Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who craves headline-making celebrity, but with his latest book he may have gone too far. In it he resurrects forgotten language in the U.S. Constitution - and hints at a missing letter of Thomas Jefferson's - that threatens to divide the nation.
Then, during a publicity tour, Scarborough is brutally murdered in a San Diego hotel room, and a young man with dark connections is charged. What looks like an open-and-shut case to most people doesn't to defense attorney Paul Madriani. He believes that there is much more to the case and that the defendant is a pawn caught in the middle, being scapegoated by circumstance.
As the trial spirals toward its conclusion, Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, race to find the missing Jefferson letter - and the secrets it holds about slavery and scandal at the time of our nation's founding and the very reason Scarborough was killed. Madriani's chase takes him from the tension-filled courtroom in California to the trail of a high court justice now suddenly in hiding and lays bare the soaring political stakes for a seat on the highest court, in a country divided, and under the shadow of power.
Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who craves headline-making celebrity, but with his latest book he may have gone too far. In it he resurrects forgotten language in the U.S. Constitution - and hints at a missing letter of Thomas Jefferson's - that threatens to divide the nation.
Then, during a publicity tour, Scarborough is brutally murdered in a San Diego hotel room, and a young man with dark connections is charged. What looks like an open-and-shut case to most people doesn't to defense attorney Paul Madriani. He believes that there is much more to the case and that the defendant is a pawn caught in the middle, being scapegoated by circumstance.
As the trial spirals toward its conclusion, Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, race to find the missing Jefferson letter - and the secrets it holds about slavery and scandal at the time of our nation's founding and the very reason Scarborough was killed. Madriani's chase takes him from the tension-filled courtroom in California to the trail of a high court justice now suddenly in hiding and lays bare the soaring political stakes for a seat on the highest court, in a country divided, and under the shadow of power.
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July 2008 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
April 2009 : Mass Market Paperback
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June 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Shadow of Power: A Paul Madriani Novel (Paul Madriani Novels) Author(s): Steve Martini ISBN: 0-06-123088-X / 978-0-06-123088-2 (USA edition) Publisher: William Morrow Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Shadow of Power LP: A Paul Madriani Novel (Paul Madriani Novels) Author(s): Steve Martini ISBN: 0-06-147092-9 / 978-0-06-147092-9 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperLuxe Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
June 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Shadow of Power CD (Paul Madriani Novels) Author(s): Steve Martini ISBN: 0-06-145306-4 / 978-0-06-145306-9 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperAudio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
April 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Shadow of Power Abridged CD Author(s): Steve Martini ISBN: 0-06-145307-2 / 978-0-06-145307-6 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperAudio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
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