The Verdict

A Pakistani lawyer, defends an innocent boy accused of an unspeakable crime, punishable by death. The lawyer confronts religious extremists, assassins, forbidden love, a corrupt judicial system, and a powerful soothsayer’s prediction that the lawyer will die unless he abandons the case. The book explores the amorphous role of religion and class in society, the ideals of spirituality versus rationality, the interconnectedness of our fates and actions, and the themes of loss, grief, redemption, and love.