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The Last Resort Clause
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
ISBN13: 9789334351606
Publisher: Gaurav Garg
Published: Aug 15 2025
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Dr. Ben Carter, a brilliant law professor haunted by a past tragedy, is a cynical recluse hiding from the world. His one firm belief is that the law is a lie, a tool for the powerful. But his quiet life of academic detachment is shattered when a desperate delegation from the drowning island nation of Kirani brings him an impossible conspiracy lawsuit: they want to sue a global superpower for causing climate change.
Thrust onto the world stage of the International Court of Justice, Ben finds himself in a high-stakes courtroom drama against the world's most ruthless lawyer, Sir Marcus Thorne. Armed with only a radical, untested legal theory and a small team of students, Ben's case is more than a long shot-it's a legal suicide mission.
As he uncovers evidence of a forty-year cover-up, the fight escalates from a battle of wits into a dangerous geopolitical thriller. When Thorne's team of corporate assassins moves from legal tactics to sabotage and personal threats that expose a web of political corruption, Ben realizes he's caught in a deadly game of corporate espionage where the future of a nation is on the line.
In this gripping eco-thriller, Ben must confront his own ghosts and decide how much he's willing to sacrifice. In a war with no rules, the final verdict could cost him everything, and change the world forever.
Dr. Ben Carter, a brilliant law professor haunted by a tragic past, believes in one simple truth: the law is a tool for the powerful, and justice is an illusion. He's content to teach his cynical gospel from the safety of his university office, until a small delegation from the drowning island nation of Kirani presents him with an impossible case.
They want him to do what has never been done: sue a global superpower for causing climate change.
Armed with a radical, untested legal theory and opposed by the world's most ruthless lawyer, Sir Marcus Thorne, Ben is dragged into a high-stakes battle at the International Court of Justice. But when his opponents move from legal maneuvering to personal threats and sabotage, Ben realizes he's not just fighting for a legal precedent. He's fighting for the survival of his team, his clients, and his own soul. In a war with no rules, waged in the highest court in the world, the final verdict could cost him everything.
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