Balance
of
Power
ALSO BY RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON
Protect and Defend
Dark Lady
No Safe Place
Silent Witness
The Final Judgment
Eyes of a Child
Degree of Guilt
Private Screening
Escape the Night
The Outside Man
The Lasko Tangent
Balance
of
Power
Richard North Patterson
B a l l a n t i n e B o o k s • N e w y o r k
A Ballantine Book
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Copyright © 2003 by Richard North Patterson
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Balance of Power is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents are a product of the
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