Rachael R. Vaughn 
Mercy for the Weak 

In the small town of Mason, Arkansas an apparent radical Islamic terrorist guns down two people on the second floor of the courthouse.A Attorney Jacob Stahl, a victim, A maintains a political blog that A routinely exposes corruption A of public officials.A The night before, A he had prepared A an article A that would A end a local A judge’s twenty year reign of corruption.A A Lying in A a pool of blood, A he asks attorney Wade Anders to post the story, but Wade has no idea what Jacob is referring to.A The next day the apparent terrorist turns up dead on the courthouse steps. As police investigate the killings, the town’s only Muslim family is questioned; they seem to have something to hide.A Wade A soon gets A pulled into a dangerous web of corruption, which climaxes in he and his wife Kate A being kidnapped at gunpoint.A As all truths are finally revealed, some of them A are shocking, and some of them A are heartbreaking.A But each truth will impact the residents of Mason in profound ways, both good and bad.