For a young lawyer on the make, it was an offer Mitch McDeere couldn't refuse: a position at a law firm where the bucks, billable hours, and benefits are over the top. It's a dream job for an up-and-comer - if he can overlook the uneasy feeling he gets at the office. Then an FBI investigation into the firm's connections to the Mafia plunges the straight and narrow attorney into a nightmare of terror and intrigue.