A year after the devastating murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane has returned to Seattle after three months in Mexico.

At a black-tie dinner where he's been persuaded to give the keynote ad-dress, Sloane reconnects with Barclay Reid, opposing counsel in his most prominent case. Barclay is suffering from her own personal tragedy --- the death of her teenage daughter from a drug overdose. In the aftermath, Barclay has begun an intense crusade against the Russian drug traffickers she holds responsible for her daughter's death, pursuing them with a righteousness that matches Sloane's own zeal for justice. » Click Here