When fifteen-year-old Mary Ann Tierney challenges her parents and the legal system over her future reproductive rights, her case rapidly becomes a national media sensation. The controversy reaches the highest levels of American politics, threatening the presidency of Kerry Kilcannon, the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee, and the ambitions of a powerful senator. As personal secrets emerge and political tensions escalate, the novel combines courtroom drama, political intrigue and suspense in an exploration of law, morality and the consequences of deeply divisive public issues.

Richard North Patterson

Protect and Defend