Justice Gone touches on Veteran casualties of PTSD
Industry: Books
Legal Thriller encompasses homelessness, emotional turmoil, suicide, murder, and Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome
Alresford, UK (PRUnderground) February 20th, 2019
War veterans account for 10-15% of the homeless in the United States. Over 30% of US veterans suffer from PTSD, with a suicide rate more than double the national average, while 300 are in death row following murder convictions. Justice Gone, a mystery/legal thriller by N. Lombardi Jr, has just been released by Roundfire Books. Inspired by a real incident in a small Californian town, the story is embedded with many of the stirring controversies in today’s cultural climate as well as offering a detailed look at the legal system. The novel’s plot features police brutality, homelessness, and the plight of returning war veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The narrative of the book begins with the fatal beating of a homeless vet in the grips of PTSD at the hands of the police, and the social uproar that cascades into street protests, upending the stability of a small town, a turmoil that culminates in a vigilante shooting of three policemen. The prime suspect in the slayings is an African-American war buddy of the beaten man, another victim of PTSD. A manhunt results in his dramatic capture in a remote mountain cabin, while Dr, Tessa Thorpe, a veterans’ counselor to both men, is caught in the middle, championing the accused. A controversial trial ensues, invoking the talents of an astute but blind lawyer, Nathaniel Bodine.
“An emotionally and politically charged thriller like no other, author N. Lombardi Jr. is set to release one of the most relevant and headline grabbing novels of the year.” Anthony Alvina, author of Bedtime.
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About N. Lombardi Jr Author
N. Lombardi Jr, the N for Nicholas, has spent over half his life in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, working as a groundwater geologist. Nick can speak five languages: Swahili, Thai, Lao, Chinese, and Khmer (Cambodian).
In 1997, while visiting Lao People’s Democratic Republic, he witnessed the remnants of a secret war that had been waged for nine years, among which were children wounded from leftover cluster bombs. Driven by what he saw, he worked on The Plain of Jars for the next eight years.
Nick maintains a website with content that spans most aspects of the novel: The Secret War, Laotian culture, Buddhism etc. https://plainofjars.net
His second novel, Journey Towards a Falling Sun, is set in the wild frontier of northern Kenya.
His latest novel, Justice Gone was inspired by the fatal beating of a homeless man by police.
Nick now lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
