Kermit Roosevelt, a law professor and the great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, wrote this historical thriller set in the dark days following the attack on Pearl Harbor. A young law clerk for Justice Hugo Black finds himself facing a country set on placing its own citizens in prison camps, the prelude to one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. The book was applauded not only for Roosevelt’s elegant prose but also for the questions it raises about presidential power, and the balance between liberty and security in times of war.