Miraculously awakening from a twelve-year coma, television evangelist Thomas Jeremiah Luther eagerly resumes his world-wide ministry while secretly plotting to seize control of conservative Christian political power in America.
When a teenage member of Luther's congregation almost dies from an abortion, he convinces her family to file a multi-million dollar medical malpractice case against the physician and abortion clinic. The right verdict will shut down abortion clinics all over the country and send the religious right and power brokers of all stripes flocking to his door.
With two powerful and charismatic lawyers arguing the case, the nation is riveted to this landmark courtroom battle where the one of the most heated points in the national debate will be decided: When exactly does life begin?
"A richly textured tale of religion and law, politics and medicine."
--Paul Levine, bestselling author of Solomon vs. Lord--
"The courtroom drama and testimony are brilliantly conceived and carried out...A thoughtful, complex, and timely novel, a compelling story one is loath to put aside to do one's daily work."
--The Galveston County Daily News--
"More over John Grisham!"
--Denton A. Cooley, M.D., world-renowned pioneer heart surgeon--