Miami attorney Jack Swyteck is involved in the most explosive criminal trial of his career -- a case that starts with a murder on a military base and concludes with a shocking surprise that will change Jacks life forever. A beautiful woman comes to see Jack and begs him to represent her. She says shes about to be arrested for the murder of her husband, an officer stationed at Guantanamo Bay. Having no expertise in military law and sensing that the woman isnt telling him the entire truth, Jack turns her down. Then she drops a bombshell She claims shes the adoptive mother of Jacks biological son -- a child hes never met. Either Jack must represent her or hell never see the boy. So Jack agrees, but with great foreboding. He has an unreliable client -- a blackmailer who just might be a murderer -- and he has to travel to Gitmo and on to Havana to tussle with people who clearly have a lot to hide.
