David Cohen's first client after leaving the D.A.'s office to become a defense attorney may be a young attorney's worst nightmare... an innocent man.

What's worse, there are diverse and powerful forces that would see just denied in this case -- some enticing David and his client with sweet promises... some threatening them with serious harm. And another murder a decade old is casting a long, dark shadow that won't go away.

David Cohen and his client, LeVander Jefferson, must take to the streets to find the truth -- two steps ahead of a deadly legal machine that is running amok... and determined to crush them beneath its wheels.