{"product_id":"9780062859099","title":"Rule of Capture : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRule of Capture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Christopher Brown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This one is fresh, intelligent, and emotional with a plot that envisions an alternate reality hard to dismiss as unreal.  It’s a legal thriller, with a big twist, stirring and imaginative, brimming with skullduggery, that will have you asking: is this possible?”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Steve Berry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/em\u003e meets Ben Winter's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Policeman \u003c\/em\u003ein this first volume in an explosive legal thriller series set in the world of \u003cem\u003eTropic of Kansas\u003c\/em\u003e—a finalist for the 2018 Campbell Award for best science fiction novel of the year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefeated in a devastating war with China and ravaged by climate change, America is on the brink of a bloody civil war. Seizing power after a controversial election, the ruling regime has begun cracking down on dissidents fighting the nation’s slide toward dictatorship. For Donny Kimoe, chaos is good for business. He’s a lawyer who makes his living defending enemies of the state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis newest client, young filmmaker Xelina Rocafuerte, witnessed the murder of an opposition leader and is now accused of terrorism. To save her from the only sentence worse than death, Donny has to extract justice from a system that has abandoned the rule of law. That means breaking the rules—and risking the same fate as his clients. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Donny bungles Xelina’s initial hearing, he has only days to save the young woman from being transferred to a detention camp from which no one returns. His only chance of winning is to find the truth—a search that begins with the opposition leader’s death and leads to a dark conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, Donny isn’t just fighting for his client’s life—he’s battling for his own. But as the trial in the top secret court begins, Xelina’s friends set into motion a revolutionary response that could destroy the case. And when another case unexpectedly collides with Xelina’s, Donny uncovers even more devastating secrets, knowledge that will force him to choose between saving one client . . . or the future of the entire country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“This one is fresh, intelligent, and emotional, with a plot that envisions an alternate reality hard to dismiss as unreal.  It’s a legal thriller, with a big twist, stirring and imaginative, brimming with skullduggery, that will have you asking: is this possible?” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A kind of madcap Texas Gothic dark comedy, as the Houston good ole boy network is displayed like a courtroom scene in an unpublished Hunter S Thompson novel […] It moves rocketing along at a ferocious pace--and then it lingers, haunting you.”\u003cbr\u003e“Christopher Brown looks to be cornering the market on future dystopias...’Rule of Capture’ is not just sci-fi, it’s also a legal thriller. Its author is himself a lawyer, just like John Grisham, and he has a grip on detail that full-time sci-fi authors can’t match.”\u003cbr\u003e“RULE OF CAPTURE is a taut, smart legal thriller set five minutes into the future in a dystopian post-war America that looks scarily plausible from the vantage point of 2019, and marks Brown as one of our most tuned-in science fiction writers.”\u003cbr\u003e“Peel back the dystopian and science fiction layers of this fast moving and entertaining story, and what remains is a smart, taut legal thriller bound to keep readers turning pages deep into the night.”  \u003cbr\u003e“Interpersonal drama fuels the story as much as legal maneuvering, and Brown keeps tight control of his narrative even as this alternate America slips its gears.”\u003cbr\u003e“This dark, dystopian story will appeal equally to readers of John Grisham and Cory Doctorow.”\u003cbr\u003e“[P]ut this one on the shelf next to Orwell.”\u003cbr\u003e“An exhilarating, all too real journey into a scary place, where the fall of democracy is sure to be streamlined: the courts. Chris Brown’s frenetic prose will keep you turning the pages, make you laugh, and fill you with horror—it’s the long awaited, judicial dystopian thriller for our times.”\u003cbr\u003e“Compelling, timely, and disturbing, Brown’s expertly crafted legal drama asks a number of tough questions: when the collapse comes, what role will you play? Will you be complicit? Will you stand and fight? Or will you carry on, business as usual? And perhaps more urgently: has that collapse already started?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062859099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41114988970190,"sku":"9780062859099","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062859099.jpg?v=1649825019","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062859099","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}