Mortal Allies
by Brian Haig
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Author: Brian HaigEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 2003-01-01
ISBN: 0446612588
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Book Review: A riveting book full of twists and great characters. A must read legal thriller!
Summary: 5 Stars
In Mortal Allies, Brian Haig's second book featuring JAG lawyer Sean Drummond, Drummond gets thrust in the middle of a vicious murder committed in Korea that threatens to destroy the alliance between the two countries. An upstanding Korean man, son of Korea's minister of defense, is found murdered. Three American soldiers are implicated and the crime looks to be related to homosexuality. Two of the suspects turn on Thomas Whitehall, and Whitehall is soon charged with murder. Whitehall is a homosexual, and his lawyer from the Organization of Gay Military Membersis named Katherine Carlson. Carlson finished first in her class at Georgetown Law, just above Drummond, and they've been bitter rivals since then. Carlson needs a military rep on the case and she chooses Drummond.
This book is part of a series but you would have no problem reading this book on its own. It is fast paced and Drummond's first person narration will keep you entertained. This book plunges right into the gays in the military issue. While I imagine Haig has his own opinions on the issue, he does a good job of giving Drummond the right wing stance and Katherine Carlson the left wing stance. At the center of the novel is the quest for the truth, and when Drummond and Carlson aren't at each other's throat, they're navigating the ins and outs of the Korean culture and what could possibly be a large conspiracy.
I can't begin to write a concise summary of the plot. What starts out as a simple preparation of a defense of Thomas Whitehall soon grows into something much larger. Mortal Allies is also full of engaging characters whose relationships and connections change and fluctuate througout the novel. I found myself turning the pages just to read more of the character interactions, as well as the plot.
Haig puts a human face on the issue of homosexuals in the military. Drummond is a politically incorrect Army lifer neanderthal and Katherine Carlson is a hippie, ultra liberal gay-rights attorney. Haig never uses is characters to preach or try and figure out the right thing to do. He just has lots of fun, and so do his characters. Haig has found a way to explore the tough issues without painting the U.S. military in a negative light, which is a tough thing to do. Drummond and his first person narration is in your face and quite entertaining and humorous, but could be a turn off for some. Haig has quickly shot up to the top of my favorite authors list.
Summary of Mortal Allies
Sean Drummond is back in a provocative mystery featuring the clever, irreverent JAG lawyer introduced in Brian Haig's debut thriller (Secret Sanction). Ordered to Seoul to assist a civilian lawyer representing an army captain charged with raping and murdering the son of the South Korean defense minister, Sean is chagrined to discover that he's second-chairing his old law school rival, the brilliant, beautiful Katherine Carlson, who's famous for challenging the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Katherine insists that Thomas Whitehall was framed by the Army because of his sexual orientation; while Drummond agrees that Whitehall might be the victim of a conspiracy, he thinks it has more to do with espionage than homophobia. By the time he uncovers a plot to destabilize the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea and rid the region of American troops, he's been threatened, bugged, and embarrassed--and that's by his own co-counsel, whose motives and intentions he's entirely misread! While Katherine is almost a parody of a legal provocateur, Sean comes across as an engaging fellow with a ready wit, a well-honed legal mind, and a willingness to confront his own prejudices that wins the reader's admiration. So does Haig, (incidentally, the son of Colonel Alexander "I'm in charge here" Haig) whose skillful pacing and narrative gifts mark him as a writer worth watching. --Jane AdamsSean Drummond is back in a provocative mystery featuring the clever,irreverent JAG lawyer introduced in Brian Haig's debut thriller (Secret Sanction). Ordered toSeoul to assist a civilian lawyer representing an army captain charged withraping and murdering the son of the South Korean defense minister, Sean ischagrined to discover that he's second-chairing his old law school rival, thebrilliant, beautiful Katherine Carlson, who's famous for challenging themilitary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Katherine insists that ThomasWhitehall was framed by the Army because of his sexual orientation; whileDrummond agrees that Whitehall might be the victim of a conspiracy, he thinks ithas more to do with espionage than homophobia. By the time he uncovers a plot todestabilize the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea and rid the region ofAmerican troops, he's been threatened, bugged, and embarrassed--and that's byhis own co-counsel, whose motives and intentions he's entirely misread! WhileKatherine is almost a parody of a legal provocateur, Sean comes across as anengaging fellow with a ready wit, a well-honed legal mind, and a willingness toconfront his own prejudices that wins the reader's admiration. So does Haig,(incidentally, the son of Colonel Alexander "I'm in charge here" Haig) whoseskillful pacing and narrative gifts mark him as a writer worth watching.--Jane Adams
Army lawyer Sean Drummond has gotten himself in way over his head with a case that challenges his deepest fears and a co-counselor who challenges just about everything else. Assigned to South Korea as an advocate for a gay American army officer accused of brutally killing the son of a South Korean war hero, Drummond is paired with an old law-school nemesis: Katherine Carson, an attractive, go-for-the-jugular defense attorney with a reputation for manipulating the media on behalf of her mostly gay clients. Drummond is as distraught to be working with a woman who knows how to push all his buttons as he is to be defending this client. However, it's Sean's lack of political correctness that makes him the one man the CIA can trust with its disturbing secrets, and he soon learns that what appears to be an open-and-shut case is really just the top layer of a deep conspiracy.
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