"In the ornately galleried corridors of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Judge Ramsey presides over the war of words that will affect the lives of every citizen in the country. Here lies the power base of the American legal process; also the final court of appeal for every man and woman who feel they have been denied justice. Four hundred miles north of Washington DC, in a stark military prison, a convicted murderer is ready to exercise that constitutional right. But his appeal will never reach the Justices. And very soon three more innocent people will die..."--Front jacket flap.