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by: Richard North Patterson
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780805087727
ISBN: 0805087729
Label: Henry Holt and Co.
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: January 06, 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Release Date: January 06, 2009
Sales Rank: 26265
Studio: Henry Holt and Co.
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The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case—the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government’s charge of murder
Damon Pierce’s life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he’s being divorced by his wife and his work often seems soulless. Then he receives a frantic e-mail from Marissa Brand Okari—a woman he loved years ago—and decides to risk everything to respond to her plea for help.
Marissa’s husband, Bobby Okari, is the charismatic leader of a freedom movement in the volatile west African nation of Luandia, which is being torn apart by the world’s craving for its vast supply of oil. Bobby’s outspoken opposition to the exploitation of his homeland by PetroGlobal—a giant American oil company with close ties to Luandia’s brutal government—has enraged General Savior Karama, the country’s autocratic ruler. After Bobby leads a protest rally during a full eclipse of the sun, everyone in his home village is massacred by government troops. And now Bobby has been arrested and charged with the murder of three PetroGlobal workers. Still drawn to Marissa, Pierce agrees to defend Bobby, hoping to save both Bobby and Marissa from almost certain death. But the lethal politics of Luandia may cost Pierce his life instead.
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. Here is Richard North Patterson at his compelling best, confirming his place as our most provocative author of popular fiction.
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Rating:  - Great book if you like the type
Eclipse continues the Richard North Patterson tradition of finding a way to write a thriller based on a lawyer's life. Not just courtroom drama, but lawyers out in the world of adventure. As a lawyer, it's nice to imagine that someone somewhere with a legal degree might be living a wild life.
But even Patterson has trouble making a courtroom battle hold any drama in a modern-day tale loosely based on Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution in the Nigeria of 15 years ago. The courtroom scenes ... Read More
Rating:  - Very Short But To The Point
I love Richard North Patterson's books. This one isn't one of his best though. It's just average. It reminded me a lot of Exile. Eclipse is about an African that is speaking out against his country's human rights issues and the oil that drives it. He is married to an American woman that had went to law school with Damon Pierce, an international affairs lawyer. She calls Damon when her husband is arrested for murder. The book just goes from there. It's a quick read and is only a little over ... Read More
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