Robert Rotstein

He has published four novels so far, including Corrupt Practices, Reckless Disregard, The Bomb Maker's Son[3] and We, The Jury (2018).

[4] Rotstein is currently a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, where he co-chairs the firm’s intellectual property department.

[12] Stern reluctantly takes the case because he has not set foot in a courtroom since his mentor, Harmon Cherry, committed suicide.

[12] The next novel in the series, Reckless Disregard (2014), follows Stern taking on a case for an elusive video game designer simply known as "Poniard.

[13] However, when potential witnesses start dying, and survivors become too frightened to talk, Stern begins to feel like trapped in a game - or something larger - himself.