The Rule of Nine: A Paul Madriani Novel - Tapa blanda

Martini's nail-biting 11th Paul Madriani thriller.... Against a fast-moving backdrop of technical wizardry, geopolitical maneuverings, and narrow escapes, Madriani...pursues Thorn in order to locate Liquida.... Martini does a fine job of misdirecting the reader as to the intended terrorist target. --Publishers Weekly

If this latest novel is any indication, the likable criminal defense attorney [Paul Madriani] is showing no signs of slowing down. --Booklist

San Diego defense attorney Paul Madriani is still recovering from the trauma of a near nuclear explosion that he helped avert, but he's become more interested in larger, international concerns than he's focused on before. Little does he know that his wish is about to be granted, just not in a way he might like.

A former radical activist from the days of Vietnam and SDS, a man involved in bombings and localized terror as a youth, thinks the time has never been more ripe for change in the U.S. And he believes he has the perfect scheme for bringing that change about: the complete annihilation of a single branch of government.

Madriani wanted to become involved in bigger issues, but being swept up in a race to save one third of the nation s governing body, the Supreme Court, and putting his own life on the line in the process wasn't exactly what he had in mind.