Grayson Hernandez has just graduated from a fourth-tier law school, he's drowning in student debt, and the only job he can find is as a messenger. But after intervening in a violent mugging, he lands in the good graces of the victim: the Chief Justice of the United States. Gray soon finds himself the newest --- and unlikeliest --- law clerk at the Supreme Court. However, just as Gray begins to adapt to his new life, the FBI approaches him with unsettling news. The Feds think there's a killer connected to the Supreme Court, and they want Gray to be their eyes and ears inside One First Street. Racing against the clock in a world cloaked in secrecy, Gray must uncover the truth before the murderer strikes again.

Supreme Court lawyer Sean Serrat’s life is changed forever when his daughter, Abby --- a talented and dedicated law student --- goes missing. When her body is found in the library of the Supreme Court, her boyfriend, Malik Montgomery --- a law clerk at the high court --- is immediately arrested. While the Serrat family works through their grief, Sean begins to suspect that the authorities arrested the wrong person. Stumbling over family secrets and the lies of some of the most powerful people in the country, Sean discovers that there are those who will stop at nothing to ensure that he never exposes them.