Direct Actions

Tired of selling out his principles as a corporate attorney for a silk-stocking Detroit law firm, Jeremy Jefferson seeks a change of venue as a public defender in rural Michigan. But the peace and quiet of small town practice is shattered when Jeremy is assigned to defend Zeb Radamacher, a high school anarchist charged with eco-terrorism for firebombing a local superstore development. As the governor's office uses Zeb's case to politicize terrorism and Zeb's supporters are bent on starting a small revolution - conservative prosecutors, judges and jurors are the least of Jeremy's worries. In the fearful atmosphere of post-9/11 America, Jeremy's own life and liberty may be on the line.

Terry Olson has spent the majority of his ten-year legal career practicing in small towns in Michigan as both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. He graduated with honors from Michigan State University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He went on to serve as an adjunct professor at Cooley. As a freelance journalist he has written for The Grand Rapids Press, The Williamston Enterprise, The Towne Courier, and The Escanaba Daily Press. He lives in East Lansing, Michigan with his wife Bryna and their two children. Direct Actions is his first novel.