Nate's experiences there prove nightmarish, including fierce storms, a plane crash, dangerous animals, hunger and, finally, dengue fever, which nearly kills him. The illegitimate daughter to whom the firm's client, tycoon Troy Phelan, has left his entire $11 billion fortune, Rachel is a missionary-physician tending Indians somewhere in Brazil's Pantanal region.
attorney who, winding up his fourth rehab stint in 10 years, is asked by his firm to find one Rachel Lane. The novel also features the usual attorney hero and legal action, but Grisham confounds expectations by sweeping readers into adventure in the Brazilian wetlands and, more urgently, into a man's search for spiritual renewal. A traditional gangbuster Grisham opening-in which an aged billionaire outfoxes his greedy heirs by signing a bombshell will, then jumps to his death-gives little clue how this seductive tale will develop.
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