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False Oath

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One brother stands accused of a horrific crime. The other chases a golden future.

Fresh off his latest case, attorney Nate Shepherd takes in some local high school football, hoping that a Friday night under the lights will give him a chance to relax with his family. It does—until the quarterback’s brother is arrested in the middle of the game.

Nate jumps in to represent the brother, who stands accused of a crime far worse than anyone imagined. As the Internet rains fury down on his new client and a merciless prosecutor maneuvers to put the young man away, Nate scrambles to find out what happened and why. But no one, anywhere, seems to be telling him the whole truth.

Nate struggles to build a defense, unwinding a spool of facts that threatens to spill over into his own family’s lives. And with each revelation, the conflict grows until a new danger arises:

Will their secrets tear the brothers apart?

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Michael Stagg

Before Michael Stagg began spinning gripping courtroom dramas, he lived them. For more than two decades, he stood before juries and judges as a civil trial lawyer, navigating high-stakes cases with the kind of nuance and strategy that now infuses every chapter of his fiction. That firsthand experience—sharp, lived-in,…

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