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  “Has what most legal thrillers lack—total authenticity, which is spellbinding.” —James Patterson

  “The scope of war may belong to the historian, but the tragedies belong to the novelist. Mayland not only portrays the collapse of Aleppo with authority, he depicts the human struggles for life and dignity with a deftness that will wreck the reader’s heart. A must-read for more than action, but wisdom and compassion.” —David L. Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of War of the Rats and The Devil’s Waters

  “Rotstein’s insight into the insidious nature of jury trials blew me away.” —Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon, Wall Street Journal, and internationally bestselling author of My Sister’s Grave

  “Mayland presents a heroic and heartbreaking novel that concentrates on concepts of homeland, family, loss, and, above all, survival.” —Booklist

  “A perfect legal thriller, full of twists that kept me reading compulsively. Highly recommended.” —Terry Shames, author of The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson

  “Dan Mayland’s The Doctor of Aleppo turns an unflinching gaze on the reality of modern warfare, fought in neighborhoods rather than a battlefield, where today’s ally is tomorrow’s enemy, and people struggle against all odds to maintain their humanity. A thriller that breaks your heart as it rockets toward its stunning conclusion.” —Gwen Florio, author of Silent Hearts

  “Rich in verisimilitude, lawyer and author par excellence Robert Rotstein’s A True Verdict is a riveting blend of plot and prose that masterfully explores the complexities of morality and modern-day societal divisions. Get ready for a thought-provoking, can’t-put-down read that will leave you questioning the very nature of truth.” —David Freed, author of the Cordell Logan mystery series

  “Dan Mayland’s Doctor of Aleppo grips you from the start. His keen storytelling lends insight into war and its brutality through this tale of hope and redemption.” —Judy A. Bernstein, author of Disturbed in Their Nests

  “In the gripping legal thriller, A True Verdict, Robert Rotstein brilliantly transports readers directly into the deliberation room as the jury struggles with a complex whistleblower case. So many shocking secrets, so many serpentine twists! My true verdict? This book’s guilty of being a real page-turner!” —Alan Orloff, Anthony, Agatha, Derringer, and Thriller Award–winning author of Late Checkout

  “Dan Mayland has painted humanity at its best and its worst with unforgettable imagery and complex characters in a relentless plot. The Doctor of Aleppo streaks with urgency through a supremely crafted labyrinth of intrigue. There will be a temptation to describe this as a thriller, and it certainly is, but that unfairly fails to recognize the depth of this novel.” —Daniel Beamish, author of Truth, by Omission

  “In The Doctor of Aleppo, Dan Mayland lends a human face and a compelling story to a tragedy too large and complicated for most of us to understand. A harrowing and unforgettable read.” —Dana Haynes, author of St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking

  “The pace is swift and intense, with knowledge of Aleppo’s geography complementing the significant human interaction.” —Manhattan Book Review

  “This is not an easy book to pick up, but it is a harder one to put down. Told in short, often gruesome chapters, Mayland forces us to look at the torture, the death, the inhumanity of the war, all the while giving us characters we care about and ones we don’t like but curiously come to understand. I highly recommend this book, and I thank Mayland and his publisher for finally making me pay attention.” —Midwest Book Review

  “This is not an easy book to pick up, but it is a harder one to put down. Told in short, often gruesome chapters, Mayland forces us to look at the torture, the death, the inhumanity of the war, all the while giving us characters we care about and ones we don’t like but curiously come to understand. I highly recommend this book, and I thank Mayland and his publisher for finally making me pay attention.” —Midwest Book Review

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  • A True Verdict

  • By Robert Rotstein

    Read by Sean Pratt, Phil Thron, Kelli Tager, Sophie Amoss, Natalie Naudus, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Robin Miles, Andrew Eiden, Roxanne Hernandez, Eunice Wong, Deanna Anthony, and Graham Halstead

  • Release Date: 1/14/25

  • Formats: Trade Paperback

  From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Robert Rotstein, A True Verdict is an edge-of-your-seat legal thriller filled with secrets.

  MediMiracle Corporation manufactures Sophrosyne, a miracle cure for opiate addiction. Ellison Ricard, a research analyst for the company, claims to have uncovered data that proves Black users of Sophrosyne experience fatal side effects far more often than people of other races. When Ricard confronts MediMiracle’s charismatic founder and CEO, Peyton Burke, a violent confrontation ensues. The wheelchair-bound Ricard—a Black man who had been severely injured years earlier—is fired that very day.

  Ricard turns to aging lawyer M. Bailey Klaus, to sue Burke and MediMiracle for civil rights violations, alleging that Ricard was fired because he blew the whistle on the coverup and because he was Black. Klaus faces off against his former protégé, Cicely Pagano, each arguing for drastically different versions of Ricard. Is he a brilliant, sincere, credible person who is rightfully standing up against a deadly product? Or is he a delusional, embittered, and avaricious liar who is taking advantage of his former employer?

  Ricard’s fate rests with an eight-person jury who can’t agree on anything. Working together to reach a consensus means navigating a tempest of the most divisive issues: politics, sexism, drug abuse, capitalism, healthcare, and racism. Can eight people with different backgrounds, ages, classes, and political views avoid coming to blows, much less render a true verdict? Told through court transcripts and jury deliberations, A True Verdict is a suspenseful ride to a shocking outcome …

  • A True Verdict

  • By Robert Rotstein

    Read by Sean Pratt, Phil Thron, Kelli Tager, Sophie Amoss, Natalie Naudus, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Robin Miles, Andrew Eiden, Roxanne Hernandez, Eunice Wong, Deanna Anthony, and Graham Halstead

  • Release Date: 1/14/25

  • Formats: Trade Paperback

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  • The Doctor of Aleppo

  • By Dan Mayland

    Read by Fajer Al-Kaisi

  • Release Date: 8/11/20

  • Formats: Trade Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

  While working in the ancient Silk Road city of Aleppo, American Hannah Johnson and her Swedish lover, Oskar, are drawn into the mounting turbulence of the impending Syrian civil war.

  After Oskar is wounded at a street protest one evening, he and Hannah cross paths with Dr. Samir Hasan, a renowned surgeon. As the protests swell into all-out war, Dr. Hasan tends not only to Oskar, but also risks his life, his practice, and his family to tend to a nephew the government has branded an insurgent.

  Dr. Hasan’s humanitarian activities come to the attention of a vengeful, Javert-like secret police officer whose son’s death on Dr. Hasan’s watch triggers a series of events that will drag Hannah and Oskar deeper into the war and put Hannah and Dr. Hasan in the officer’s crosshairs.

  Both intimate and sweeping in scope, The Doctor of Aleppo lends insight into how the most brutal, devastating war of the twenty-first century is mirrored on the personal scale, leaving scars that can never be healed.

  • The Doctor of Aleppo

  • By Dan Mayland

    Read by Fajer Al-Kaisi

  • Release Date: 8/11/20

  • Formats: Trade Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

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