Trunble low-security prison, located in a backwater of Florida, is home to a trio of former lawyers. The self-styled Brethren, comprising a Federal Judge, a Justice of the Peace and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, arbitrate on behalf of the jail's inmates. Their daily meetings in the law library provide a cover for a highly successful mail scam: advertisements are placed in the personal columns of gay publications asking middle-aged men to correspond …showed first 75 words of 240 total…

…showed last 75 words of 240 total…an obscure senator finds himself with unlimited financial backing as he makes a bid to become the world's most powerful leader. His election message, that America is vulnerable to attack, is reinforced by a series of terrorist bombings. The ensuing deaths of many Americans is the catalyst for Lake's rise to fame. How the world of political rivalry and the machinations to three disgraced judges collide, draws The Brethren to its exciting climax. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**