When a black law professor agrees to defend a racist killer, the stakes are much higher than a mere guilty verdict…

Born black and poor, society was against Mitchell Dove. This is how he describes where he was raised:  “Oakland, California has never been what you’d call a garden spot. Yes, it is across the bay from one of the world’s most beautiful cities but, if San Francisco is Cinderella, Oakland is her ugly stepsister. I know. I was born there in 1963 to Otis and Gladys Dove. So were my sisters, Tamara and Whitney, and the neighborhood where we grew up was the wart on the ugly stepsister’s nose.”

Against all odds Mitchell ascends to the presidency of WorldSpan Oil, the largest Oil and mineral company on the planet. There is just one problem… Mitchell Dove is an outsider in more ways than one.

When Dove is murdered and dismembered in New Orleans in March 2000, his vicious killing tears open far-too-recent wounds and sends a shock wave throughout Black communities across the United States. Phil Dennison, a black law professor at Loyola University, agrees to defend the white man on trial for killing Dove, and quickly becomes a target of scorn in his own community. Even federal prosecutor Alicia Bloom, his fiancé, thinks he’s crazy but he can’t divulge his true intentions until the right time. When he finally does reveal his plan Alicia’s opinion changes… her man’s not crazy, he’s freaking insane.

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About The Author

Stan Thomas has worked in intelligence gathering in the military, in management for a Fortune 500 company, and then started and ran his own company for ten years before selling to the sector giant. Through these varied endeavors one thing remains constant: his love of writing. He has written numerous short stories and scripts, served on the publications committee for a major trade organization, and is a regular contributor to Atlanta-based PROFILE MAGAZINE.