So Much to Talk About

William Petrocelli is co-owner, with his wife Elaine, of the Book Passage bookstores in Northern California. His books include Low Profile: How to Avoid the Privacy Invaders and Sexual Harassment on the Job: What it is and How to Stop It . He's a former Deputy Attorney General, a former poverty lawyer in Oakland, and a long-time advocate for women's rights. The Circle of Thirteen is his first novel. How far do the ripples of violence go? The Circle of Thirteen begins with a mindless act of family violence in 2008 and spans seven decades, finally culminating in the desperate effort by Julia Moro, the U.N. Security Director, to stop a major act of terror. In this rich, textured thriller, Bill Petrocelli weaves the story around themes of poverty, political corruption, environmental disaster, and the backlash against the rising role of women. In 2082, as a catastrophic explosion threatens to destroy the new United Nations building in New York, Julia Moro finds herself