Author Fred Welter's historical fiction and legal thriller will keep you reading and wondering what will happen next. Follow a young attorney, Nick Adams, as he wends his way through an adventure involving greed, blackmail, international espionage, and love. Set in southwestern Louisiana and southern California, you will want to read this thriller at one sitting, and you will be anxious to see if the good people prevail. And there are plenty of good people in this story, including a teacher, attorneys, law enforcement, military, and prominent philanthropists. There are also enough evil characters to keep you wondering, so the readers will find themselves caught up in the drama. This legal thriller mixes just enough true history with the story to leave the reader wondering what really happened in Louisiana and California, just and what is fiction.