Are the leaders of our country undercutting the Rule of Law?
Randy
Singer’s latest release is equal parts
legal, political and military thriller
In a world of political accusations and
threats of war, what does the public need to know, and what is better left
unsaid for our own protection? Are our leaders following the Rule of Law or
acting outside it? In his latest legal thriller, Rule of Law (Tyndale
House Publishers/September 5, 2017/HC ISBN 978-1-4964-1815-9 $24.99/SC ISBN
978-1-4964-1816-6 $15.99), award-winning author and attorney Randy Singer weaves a gripping
page-turner that explores the inner workings of the White House, the CIA and
the State Department in dealings with foreign governments. Drawing from one of
his own recent cases, Singer gives readers a glimpse of what is really going on
behind the headlines of today’s international events.
Equal parts legal, political and military
thriller, the story begins with a SEAL raid on a Yemen prison. For the members
of SEAL Team Six, it was a rare presidential mission, monitored in real time
from the Situation Room. The Houthi rebels had captured an American journalist
and a member of the Saudi royal family. Their executions were scheduled for
Easter Sunday, but the SEAL team would break them out.
When the mission results in spectacular
failure, the finger-pointing goes all the way to the top. What did the
president know, and when did she know it? Did the president play political
games with the lives of U.S. service members? Paige Chambers, a determined
young lawyer, has a very personal reason for wanting to know the answer. The
case she files will polarize the nation and test the resiliency of the
Constitution. The stakes are huge, the alliances shaky, and she will be left to
wonder if the saying on the Supreme Court building still holds true. Equal
justice under law makes a nice motto, but will it work when one of the most
powerful people on the planet is also a defendant?
Inspired by real events involving American
contract workers detained in Yemen, Singer wrote Rule of Law to address what he describes as critical issues lurking
on the horizon. “Is the president above the law in matters of foreign policy?”
Singer asks. “Should the CIA be fighting shadow wars with drones and special
forces in countries where we have not declared war? What happens when the lives
of service members are sacrificed for political gain?”
To avoid getting bogged down in political
polarization, Singer assures readers his fictional president, cabinet and
Supreme Court bear little resemblance to the current administration and Court.
He does, however, anchor the story in reality with historical references — political,
military and legal — based on actual events. He also has great respect for the
sacrifices made by the Navy SEALS and their families, some of whom attend the
church where Singer serves as a teaching pastor.
Singer speaks with authority as a practicing
attorney with expertise in anti-terrorism cases. He wrote Rule of Law to use fiction as a tool to bring to light the facts of
what is happening in our world today and how these issues affect real people. He
explains, “I want to share the rippling effects of what is really going on
right now and why it’s important we are talking about these issues.”
Learn
more about Randy Singer and Rule of Law at
www.randysinger.net.
Advance Praise
“A sharply written and immensely compelling
legal and military thriller. It’ll keep you riveted, while raising
thought-provoking questions about the morality of how leaders wage war in our
time.”
~
Joel C. Rosenberg, New York Times
best-selling novelist
About the
Author
Randy
Singer is a critically acclaimed author and veteran
trial attorney. He has penned more than 10 legal thrillers, including his Christy
award-winning debut novel, Directed
Verdict, and ECPA’s 2015
Christian Book Award winner for fiction, The
Advocate. He was also named a finalist, along with John Grisham and Michael
Connelly, for the inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction sponsored by the
American Bar Association and the University of Alabama Law School.
In addition to his law practice and writing,
Randy serves as a teaching pastor for Trinity Church in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. He calls it his “Jekyll and Hyde thing” — part lawyer, part pastor.
He also serves as Attorney in Residence and Director of the Singer Civil
Litigation Practicum at Regent Law School.
He and his wife, Rhonda, live in Virginia
Beach. They have two adult children. Visit his website at www.randysinger.net.
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