Eclipse (P/B)

In a Novel of International Intrigue, an American Lawyer, Damon Pierce, Attempts to Save Bobby Okari, the West African Leader of a Protest Movement, From Execution by the Country's Corrupt and Autocratic Leader. Complicating Matters Further is Okari's Wife, Marissa Brand, With Whom Pierce Had a Relationship Years Before That He's Never Quite Forgotten; She, in Fact, Persuaded Him to Take the Case in the First Place, and It is Who She Plays a Crucial Role in the Eventual Outcome...Culminating in a Dramatic Show Trial and a Desperate Race Against Time, Eclipse Combines a Thrilling Narrative With a Vivid Look at the Human Cost of the Global Lust for Oil. 'Every Now and Then - but a Lot More Rarely Than That Implies - You Come Across a Thriller so Important That It Absolutely Demands to Be Read. This is One' the Times on Exile