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Protect and Defend

By Richard North Patterson

By Richard North Patterson

By Richard North Patterson

By Richard North Patterson

By Richard North Patterson
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By Richard North Patterson
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By Richard North Patterson
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By Richard North Patterson
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Part of Kerry Kilcannon

Part of Kerry Kilcannon

Part of Kerry Kilcannon

Part of Kerry Kilcannon

Mass Market Paperback $8.99

Oct 30, 2001 | ISBN 9780345404794

Ebook $5.99

Aug 12, 2003 | ISBN 9780345469809

Audiobook Download $12.95

Dec 12, 2000 | 323 Minutes

Audiobook Download $30.00

Jan 04, 2000 | 1244 Minutes

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    About Protect and Defend

    On a cold day in January President Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office– and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon’s choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret.

    While the Senate spars over Caroline Masters’ nomination, an inflammatory abortion rights case is making its way toward the judge–and will explode into the headlines. Suddenly, the most divisive issue in America turns the President’s nomination into all-out war. And from Judge Masters to a conservative, war-hero senator facing a crisis of conscience and a fifteen-year-old girl battling for her future, no one will be safe. Protect and Defend takes us on a riveting journey between what is legal, what is right . . . and the price of finally knowing the difference.

    About Protect and Defend

    On a cold day in January, President-elect Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office—and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon’s choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret.

    While the Senate spars over Caroline Masters’s nomination, an inflammatory abortion rights case is making its way toward the judge—and will explode into the headlines. Suddenly, the most divisive issue in America turns the President’s nomination into all-out war. And from Judge Masters to a conservative, war-hero senator facing a crisis of conscience and a fifteen-year-old girl battling for her future, no one will be safe.

    About Protect and Defend

    A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson- a major departure, and that confirms his place among the most important popular novelists at work today.

    A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court.  His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret; and the prospect that a volatile abortion case- a trial pitting a 15-year-old girl against her pro-life parents- will come before the court.  And the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart the president’s nomination for reasons that cross the boundary between the political and the personal.

    As these stories intertwine, building in complexity and suspense, Patterson gives us the resounding clash of competing ambitions between the president and the majority leader; the equally momentous collision of science and culture in the courtroom; and, in an unprecedented novelistic depiction of the legal process from the perspective of the judge rather than the lawyers, a revelation of both how the judicial system works and how it intersects with politics, for better or for worse.

    PROTECT AND DEFEND is a triumph- the definitive novel of politics and law at the dawn of the 21st century.

    About Protect and Defend

    A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson- a major departure, and that confirms his place among the most important popular novelists at work today.

    A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court.  His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret; and the prospect that a volatile abortion case- a trial pitting a 15-year-old girl against her pro-life parents- will come before the court.  And the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart the president’s nomination for reasons that cross the boundary between the political and the personal.

    As these stories intertwine, building in complexity and suspense, Patterson gives us the resounding clash of competing ambitions between the president and the majority leader; the equally momentous collision of science and culture in the courtroom; and, in an unprecedented novelistic depiction of the legal process from the perspective of the judge rather than the lawyers, a revelation of both how the judicial system works and how it intersects with politics, for better or for worse.

    PROTECT AND DEFEND is a triumph- the definitive novel of politics and law at the dawn of the 21st century.

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    About Richard North Patterson

    Richard North Patterson is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels, a former chairman of Common Cause, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly a trial lawyer, Patterson served as the US Security and… More about Richard North Patterson

    About Richard North Patterson

    Richard North Patterson is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels, a former chairman of Common Cause, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly a trial lawyer, Patterson served as the US Security and… More about Richard North Patterson

    About Richard North Patterson

    Richard North Patterson is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels, a former chairman of Common Cause, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly a trial lawyer, Patterson served as the US Security and… More about Richard North Patterson

    About Richard North Patterson

    Richard North Patterson is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels, a former chairman of Common Cause, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly a trial lawyer, Patterson served as the US Security and… More about Richard North Patterson

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Oct 30, 2001 | 608 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345404794

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Aug 12, 2003 | 608 Pages | ISBN 9780345469809

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Dec 12, 2000 | 323 Minutes | ISBN 9780375417658

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $30.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 04, 2000 | 1244 Minutes | ISBN 9781415920749

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    Praise

    "PROTECT AND DEFEND IS A WINNER. . . . ENGROSSING FROM THE FIRST PAGE . . . Patterson crank[s] up a wild ride on a roller coaster of morality, politics, and emotions."
    —USA Today

    "POWERFUL . . . RIVETING FROM BEGINNING TO END . . . With Protect and Defend, Richard North Patterson lays further claim to being one of America’s best contemporary popular novelists."
    —The Detroit News

    "BRILLIANT . . . PATTERSON HAS CAUGHT LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE. . . . PUT THIS ONE AT THE TOP OF YOUR HOT LIST."
    –STEPHEN KING

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