People go to court for one of two reasons: justice or revenge. This isn't about justice.That nasty divorce lawyer, Andrew Bierce, K.C., is back. Has he changed his ways? Abandoned his "Total War" approach after that deadly courtroom nightmare? Not a chance. Still skilled. Still ruthless. And worse-now he's got a grudge.
As he struggles to rebuild his practice after his suspension by the Law Society for misconduct with clients, Bierce takes on a high-stakes case that draws him into a spiteful conflict with judges, lawyers and even his own staff. His relentless pursuit of revenge against those who have wronged him threatens to throw open the gates of hell.
A court clerk claims she was sexually assaulted by a judge, but pursuing the allegations threatens to blow up her marriage-to another judge. A vicious custody battle over twins takes a bizarre twist when Bierce's impassioned courtroom plea has shocking unintended consequences.
A famous Canadian country singer comes to Bierce with enough marital trouble for a double album of hurtin' songs, and secrets of his own. The threatened defrocking of Bierce's brother, Toronto's worst priest, puts him at war with the Catholic Church and crossing swords with old foes. Throw in being dragged into a political trap, and the return of a devil from his past, and Bierce is headed for a personal and professional inferno.
Will he charge through the gates of hell? If he is to have his revenge, will he have a choice? Or is justice a dish best served cold?
Michael Cochrane is a Toronto author and lawyer. He has published a number of bestselling books about Canadian law, including Surviving Your Divorce (now in its sixth edition). He is also the author of Olympic Lyon: The Untold Story of the First Gold Medal for Golf, the only book ever written about Canada's forgotten Olympic golf legend, George Lyon.He is frequently featured on television and radio as an expert in a number of areas of Canadian law, including people who fight over lottery winnings. In over forty-four years of practice, he has been an advocate for a more humane system for separating and divorcing families. He was the host of BNN television's national legal affairs program, Strictly Legal, for three seasons. He has lectured in law at Osgoode Hall Law School, Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), the University of Ottawa, Common Law, and at Carleton University Department of Law. He is Counsel to the firm of Brauti Thorning LLP in Toronto, Ontario (www.btlegal.ca), and can be reached at www.michaelcochrane.ca and mcochranellb@me.com.
