"Relentlessly entertaining." -- New York Daily NewsÂ
A Jetliner Crashes in the Everglades. A Billion-Dollar Lawsuit: Negligence or Terrorism? The Defense: Kill Anyone, Even a Supreme Court Justice, to Win the Case.
Supreme Court Justice Sam Truitt takes the bench with high ideals, lofty intentions...and a troubled marriage. Lisa Fremont, his stunning and brilliant law clerk, has a dark secret in her past. If Lisa doesn't get Truitt's vote in multi-million dollar case involving a catastrophic airplane crash, she'll be killed. IMPACT is a tale of seduction and betrayal, of passion and greed. Truitt, who has always followed the rules, and Lisa, who never has, join together to battle those who live by no law at all.
IMPACT, published in hardcover as 9 SCORPIONS, was the inspiration for First Monday, the television drama starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna, co-created by Paul Levine and Donald P. Bellisario.