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A lawyer gets trapped in the crossfire of a deadly civil conflict in Africa.... Richard Deaken has lost his nerve. Once a internationally renowned trial lawyer or attorney, he has suffered a string of bad results that contain sapped his assurance and dulled the advantage necessary for success in the high-stakes world of international legislation. Resigned to life in obscurity, he has retreated to a unimpressive office in Geneva, where in fact the trickle of low-paying clients doesn't come near supporting the approach to life that he - and his wife - are used to. But a large circumstance is right around the corner. Deaken's new employers are troops in a vicious African civil conflict on the brink of erupting into unprecedented bloodshed. An order of $50 million worth of hands is coming to his client's opponents, also to stop it they have got kidnapped the hands dealer's child. They ask Deaken to work out the ransom - the weapons in exchange for the kid - and he cannot say no, because the guerillas have also kidnapped his wife.