July 8, 2006                         

                         

                         

          BANG IN FROM BLACK, FACE OF A MAN
          MICKEY HALLER, 40, lawyer-- TIGHT on him, as morning light
          flies across his features. He's fresh-shaved, neat suit,
          gazes out with a stark/steady focus from the back seat of--

          INT. LINCOLN TOWN CAR (MOVING) IN A HARD RAIN--

          GRADUALLY FADE IN, under the SOUND of rain & freeway, his