From one of America's most cormpelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a trial lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the Prime Minister of Israel.

From one of America's most cormpelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a trial lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the Prime Minister of Israel.

David Wolfe's Life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he is a successful San Francisco lawyer, he is soon to be married and he is being groomed as a future Congressman. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif - a Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair begins a completely unexpected journey The next day.at law school he while visiting San Francisco. the Prime Minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber: soon Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice.will he. a Jew. represent Hana who may well be guilty - or wiU he turn away the one woman he can never forget?