Fresh from Yale Law, Ben Addison is a new clerk for one of the Supreme
Court's most respected justices. Along with his co-clerk Lisa, Ben
represents the best of the fledgling legal community: sharp,
perfectionistic, and painstakingly conscientious - but just as green.
So when he inadvertently reveals the confidential outcome of an
upcoming Court decision, and one of the parties to the case makes
millions, Ben starts to sweat. Big time. Ben confides in Lisa and
turns to his D.C. housemates for help. They offer their insiders'
access - Nathan works at the State Department, Eric reports for a
Washington daily, and Ober is an assistant to a leading senator - to
help out, snake the blackmailer who holds Ben's once-golden future
hostage. But it's not long before these inseparable pals discover how
dangerous their misuse of power can be. And when a suspicious leak
develops from within their own circle, Ben and his friends find
themselves pitted against each other in a battle of shifting alliances
and fierce deceptions that strike to the weaknesses in their
friendships, threaten to ruin their careers - and ultimately may cost
them their lives.
