King of Torts Acclaimed Tolkien Jacket Artist and

Acclaimed Tolkien Jacket Artist and Creator of the Illustrated Silmarillion

He Was One of the Chief Actors in the Riveting Drama That Ushered in the Modern World

Then Its Creator is Murdered in Full View of the Whole Population

but the Far-Reaching Impact That These Jokes Would Have No One Could Have Predicted

"Vanilla Sky's" Cryonics

King of Torts Acclaimed Tolkien Jacket Artist andThe Office of the Public Defender is Not Known As a Training Ground for Bright Young Litigators. Clay Carter Has Been There Too Long, And, Like Most of His Colleagues, Dreams of a Better Job in a Real Firm. When He Reluctantly Takes the Case of a Young Man Charged With a Random Street Killing, He Assumes It is Just Another of the Many Senseless Murders That Hit Washington D. C. Every Week. As He Digs Deeper Into His Client's Background, Clay Stumbles