<em>The Nomination</em> is a fast-paced action and suspense thriller that brings eventsfrom the final days of the Vietnam War into direct conflict with contemporaryAmerican politics. Vietnam War hero and Massachusetts Judge Thomas Larriganis hand-picked by his friend the president to fill the upcoming vacancy onthe Supreme Court. Larrigan seems like the perfect candidate: a family man withan uncontroversial judicial record. The president's credibility needs a sure bet.Larrigan will do anything to win the nomination, but he has some old skeletonsrattling around in his closet. He calls his old Marine buddy, now a hit man, tosweep the closet clean. But there are a few skeletons Larrigan doesn't know arestill alive. The Nomination is the story of how lives can intersect in deception,desperation, revelation, death, and, ultimately, redemption.