Directed Verdict Author:Randy Singer A daring courtroom drama with far-reaching international implications. In Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia, two American missionaries, a husbadn-and-wife team, are targeted by the infamous religious police - the Muttawa. The man is tortured and killed; the woman is arrested on trumped-up charges before being deported to the United States. There she meets... more » a crusading young lawyer named Brad Carson.
Compelled by the injustice of her plight, Brad files an unprecedented civil rights suit against Saudi Arabia and the ruthless head of the Muttawa. But the suit unleashes powerful forces that will stop at nothing to vindicate the Arabian kindgom. Witnesses are intimidated and some disappear, jurors are bribed, and an unidentified member of Brad's own team threatens to sabotage the case.
CAN ONE MAN STAND UP TO THE DARKEST FORCES OF A NATION?
As Brad navigates a maze of treachery and deception, he must gamble his case, his career, and the lives of those he loves - including brilliant co-counsel Leslie Conners - on the ability of his team to bring justice to one family, challenge the religious intolerance of a nation, and alter the course of international law.« less