[2][3] Tay Barbour has just achieved his ultimate goal—a seat on the US Supreme Court—when his marriage crumbles and a terrorist bombing puts his daughter in a coma.

The deterioration of the criminal justice system is illuminated as ambitious minds with their own agendas swirl around the terrorist's compelling case.

And when it reaches the Supreme Court, Barbour faces the greatest challenge of his life: recuse himself and allow a probable deadlock, or take on the case and either follow his anti-death penalty principles or spurn them and seek justice for his daughter.

“As the decision is made, Drury focuses on the human element and philosophy of each (justice), embellishing the text with dialogue that crackles with wit, accuracy, and compassion.”  He said the conclusion of the book reinforced “the theme of the text—reconciliation of individual rights with the security of society—indelibly in the reader’s mind.”  This appears to be the only review by a legal professional.

Kirkus Reviews summarized the novel as "the Supreme Court reduced to shrill, sometimes crudely effective melodrama", and noted: ...the oversimplifications are crass, often murky.