Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson

All have dangerous secrets in their past, secrets that would not only threaten careers, but bring death and tragedy to innocent lives. As Mary Ann takes on her own parents and the constitutional law of the United States in a desperate bid to protect her future right to bear children, the ramifications of 'the Tierney case' bring a threat to the new President, Kerry Kilcannon, to his nominee for Chief Justice, Caroline Masters, and to his main rival for the Presidency, Senator Chad Palmer. Protect and Defend is an important novel on passion and politics. You can't put the damn thing down, and you don't want to. It's a brilliant political novel and a terrific tale of suspense. With Protect and Defend, Richard North Patterson lays further claim to being one of America’s best contemporary popular novelists. Within days her name will be known to millions across America, her court case a television must-watch for everyone from the President downwards. In Protect and Defend, Richard North Patterson has caught lightning in a bottle. Patterson cranks up a wild ride on a roller coaster of morality, politics, and emotions.'-USA Today 'POWERFUL. Immobile, the girl gazed at the clinic as though it were a thousand miles away.' But despite the flowered dress she wore, her belly had begun to show. PROTECT AND DEFEND is a triumph- the definitive novel of politics and law at the dawn of the 21st century.She was a girl, really, with short red hair and a waif-like slimness. And the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart the president's nomination for reasons that cross the boundary between the political and the personal.Īs these stories intertwine, building in complexity and suspense, Patterson gives us the resounding clash of competing ambitions between the president and the majority leader the equally momentous collision of science and culture in the courtroom and, in an unprecedented novelistic depiction of the legal process from the perspective of the judge rather than the lawyers, a revelation of both how the judicial system works and how it intersects with politics, for better or for worse. His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret and the prospect that a volatile abortion case- a trial pitting a 15-year-old girl against her pro-life parents- will come before the court. Read 187 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson- a major de.

A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson- a major departure, and that confirms his place among the most important popular novelists at work today.Ī newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. Protect and Defend: A Novel by Richard North Patterson Protect and Defend book.

Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson