![]() ![]() But after his death, his quest to bring his surviving family out of their war-torn country to America succeeded, and when the family made a VIP visit to NCC's arena, his 13-year-old brother (already 6 ft/1.83 m) drained a long jumper on his first try, possibly foreshadowing his own bright future in the sport. The title character, a South Sudanese refugee who started out redshirting note sitting out the season, but still practicing with the team his freshman (first) NCAA men's basketball season at North Carolina Central, note a historically African-American school that in real life has done little of note in that sport was put into the lineup after an injury crisis, and ended it as the face of college basketball, leading NCC to an improbable Final Four appearance, died shortly after that season from a drug overdose. But it comes at the expense of the one of only two decent and good human beings presented in the story, who died unknown and unmourned deep in the Amazon rainforest. The Testament ends with the protagonist finally expelling his demons and finding something worthwhile to do with his life.The King of Torts ends with Clay losing everything, but ending up with the woman he loves and not in jail. ![]() The small town lawyers are rendered bankrupt, the sympathetic banker loses everything, the chemical company that ruined the town's water supply and the lives of those "trailer park peasants" within its limits walks free with zero punishment, and the Corrupt Corporate Executive (and primary stockholder) Carl Trudeau becomes even wealthier then before (the final chapter ends with him wanting to make even more).
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