Follow CPT ROBERT Clark on his life's journey after he leaves PANAMA, joins a prestigious law firm in Dallas, and discovers the difference between the letter of the law and justice.

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Dawn in Dallas

It hit Clark that he was thirty-three years old and had just left the institution where he had spent almost half his life. The Army had molded him. Hell, it had practically raised him. Now, everything would be different, and he wasn’t sure he was ready.

William H. Venema is able to cross genres to create a novel that is at times a legal thriller, a love story, a tale of morality, a historical look at race relations in America, and a criticism of the legal system that is both poignant and delicate. A perfect story for our times. Venema has done it again.
— Dr. Ryan S. Davidson, Professor of English
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Explore the sites of Dawn in Dallas

Dawn in Dallas transports the reader to Dallas, Texas, in the late 1980s. In addition to an intriguing story, full of plot twists and interesting characters, the novel delivers glimpses of numerous Dallas landmarks and institutions, including neighborhoods; venerable restaurants; The Petroleum Club, where countless deals have been struck over lunch; and iconic structures, such as Fountain Place, a late-modernist skyscraper designed by the world-renowned architect, I.M. Pei.

Allows us to see life in all its strange, rich complexity through the eyes of a very human and believable protagonist.”
— Gary Hale on Death in Panama
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For anyone that lived in the Canal Zone, Fort Clayton, or in Panama...this book will transport you back in time...almost as good as going there yourself!!
— Harry Stinson on Death in Panama