The Word

By Hubert Crouch

A legal Thriller - 2nd book in Jace Foreman Series:From a secluded forty-acre compound in far West Texas, The Brimstone Bible Church preaches a gospel of hate - hate for America and its liberal attitude toward women and homosexuals. Proclaiming to be "God's only living prophet," Ezekiel Shaw and his followers travel the country protesting the funerals of fallen soldiers and praising God for sending them home in body bags - a just punishment for the country's sins. When Shaw and his flock show up in a small Texas town to picket the funeral of Second Lieutenant Lauren Hanson, a West Point graduate killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, they find themselves relentlessly pursued through the courts by hard-charging trial attorney Jace Forman, who will stop at nothing to put an end to their crusade. The Word is a multi-layered legal thriller of 93,800 words, which explores freedom of speech and women's rights issues in America today, while haunting readers with the discomforting reality of religious cults and fanaticism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692369007
• ISBN13: 9780692369005
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Serpentine Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"