Article 93: Cruelty and Maltreatment is a military justice procedural novel. It is set in West Germany in 1964 and recounts the death of an insubordinate trouble maker soldier who has been physically beaten by his superior. It also involves the attempted manipulation of the justice system by a senior commander to his own benefit. It is the fourth in a series on the military-legal career of Charles Kimbrough and his romance with Mathilde von Beningsen.