In Chicago, a series of murders has the hallmark of Aaron Stampler, the altar boy who butchered a bishop and whom lawyer Martin Vail saved from the electric chair. But Stampler is in jail--unless. The nagging thought sends Vail into a panic when his woman becomes a target. By the author of Primal Fear.

A political thriller on a conflict between the federal government and a rightwing militia. Lawyer Val Martin of Chicago, specially appointed by the president, uses every trick in the book to destroy it. What follows are bombings, killings and a shootout between militiamen and the FBI.