''Reign in Hell'' is a 1997 novel by William Diehl.Publishers Weekly
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Plot

Martin Vail, now a

United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal ...

, is assigned a case in which he must go up against a survivalist

militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

— and unexpectedly encounters his nemesis, Aaron Stampler, seemingly back from the dead and posing as a blind

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...

preacher.

References

1997 American novels Legal thriller novels American thriller novels Sequel novels English-language novels {{1990s-thriller-novel-stub