witness to the execution. He faces the last moment with courage and fortitude, publicly repudiating his past with the Klan, and dies proud of his grandson and happy to have forged a strong link with him during this last month. The sentence is carried out, Sam having ordered Adam to walk away and not watch him die. With Sam and Dogan dead, no one knows that Roland, the third man who prepared and set off the bomb, is still free and living nearby under a false identity and observing the progress of the case - having graduated from Klan member to a full-fledged "proud fascist" and neo-Nazi. The reader knows - but Adam never does - that Roland stalked the young lawyer and considered killing him, but concluded it was not necessary and that Sam would take his secret to the grave. Meanwhile, Adam, sickened but fascinated by the experience - and disliking the idea of having a career as a corporate lawyer - quits Kravitz and Bane. Instead he accepts a poorly-paid position with a group of anti-death penalty lawyers. Lawsuit and dismissal Lawyer and author Polly Nelson sued Grisham in 1995, alleging The Chamber had striking similarities to Defending the Devil, her nonfiction book about her experiences as lawyer for serial killer Ted Bundy. After Grisham prevailed in a lower court ruling in 1996, the case was dismissed on appeal in 1997. Film adaptation In 1996, The Chamber was made into a feature film starring Gene Hackman and Chris O'Donnell. References External links "The Chamber Excerpt." John Grisham Official Website "The Chamber." Google Books 1994 American novels Novels by John Grisham Legal thriller novels American novels adapted into films Capital punishment in Mississippi Novels set in Mississippi Sunflower County, Mississippi