«Extraordinary Rendition» by Paul Batista

Ali Hussein, a suspected terrorist and alleged banker for Al Qaeda, is finally transported from Guantanamo Bay to the US mainland to stand trial. Many are stunned when Byron Carlos Johnson, a pre-eminent lawyer and son of a high-profile diplomat, volunteers to represent him. On principle, Johnson thought he was merely defending a man unjustly captured through Rendition and subsequently water-boarded illegally. However, Johnson soon learns that there is much more at stake than one man's civil rights. Hussein's intimate knowledge of key financial transactions could lead to the capture of — or the unabated funding of — the world's most dangerous terror cells. This makes Hussein the target of corrupt US intelligence forces on one side, and ruthless international terrorists on the other. It also puts Johnson squarely in the crosshairs of both. Pulled irresistibly by forces that he can and cannot see, Johnson enters a lethal maze of espionage, manipulation, legal traps and murder. When his life, his love, and his acclaimed principles are on the line, Johnson may have one gambit left that can save them all; a play that even his confidants could not have anticipated. He must become the hunter among hunters in the deadliest of games.