Dale Riley, fresh out of law school, joined the Marine Corps to be a hero. As a JAG attorney, he was out to save the world. But when he takes on the wrong clientâa combat pilot accused of unlawfully bombing a village in northeastern Afghanistanâhis world quickly comes undone. Itâs not enough for Dale to save his career. Now, heâs fighting to save his life, and the lives of his wife and son.In the tradition of A Few Good Men, nothing in James M. DuPontâs taut debut novel is at it seems, and the line between guilt and innocence is as delicate and unpredictable as the line between life and death itself.