Evoking with masterful ease a disparate range of characters and locales, from a Caicos Islands tax scam to a secret Arizona desert military site to a San Francisco courtroom where a shocking conspiracy explodes, John Martel has created a dramatic, fast-paced thriler--a provocative journey through moral ambivalence, institutional treachery, and the compromises that can destrory us or save us. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST is consummate entertainment.