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Action Pinpoints Issues in Constitutional Controversy
“Batista does it again
when international intrigue collides with murder in Extraordinary Rendition! A high -priced Wall Street lawyer gets the
shock of a lifetime... law school never prepared him for this! It's
a fast ride--buckle up!"
--Nancy Grace, Attorney, TV Personality and NY Times Bestselling Author of Death on the D-List
When Ali Hussein—suspected terrorist
and alleged banker for Al Qaeda—is finally transported from Gitmo to the US mainland to
stand trial, many are stunned when Byron Carlos Johnson, pre-eminent lawyer and
the son of a high-profile diplomat, volunteers as counsel. On principle, Johnson thought he was merely defending
a man unjustly captured through Rendition and water-boarded illegally. But
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. And, it puts Byron Carlos Johnson
squarely in the crosshairs of both.
Pulled irresistibly by forces he can
and cannot see, Johnson enters a lethal maze of espionage, manipulation, legal
traps and murder. And 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 game.
Written by no-holds-barred-attorney
Paul Batista, Extraordinary Rendition excels not only as an action thriller,
but as a sophisticated legal procedural as well; tearing the curtains away from
the nation’s most controversial issues.
Provocative. Smart. Heart-pounding.
A legal thriller of the highest order.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul
Batista, novelist and television personality, is one of the most widely known
trial lawyers in the country. As a trial attorney, he specializes in federal
criminal litigation. As a media figure, he is known for his regular appearances
as guest legal commentator on a variety of television shows including, Court TV, CNN, HLN and WNBC. He’s also appeared in the HBO
movie, You Don't Know Jack, starring
Al Pacino.
A
prolific writer, Batista authored the leading treatise on the primary federal
anti-racketeering statute, Civil RICO
Practice Manual, which is now in its third edition (Wiley & Sons, 1987;
Wolters Kluwer, 2008). He has written articles for The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, and The National Law
Journal.
Batista's
debut novel, Death's Witness, was
awarded a Silver Medal by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).
And his new novel, Extraordinary Rendition, is now being published—along with a
special reissue of Death’s Witness—by
Astor + Blue Editions.
Batista
is a graduate of Bowdoin College,
where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa,
and Cornell Law School. He’s proud to
have served in the United States Army. Paul Batista lives in New
York City and Sag Harbor,
New York.
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