Power attorney Maxwell Carver and his laid back partner Jack Harper head one of the city’s up and coming law firms. The partnership, rounded out by Jack’s wife Angie, is successful and thriving, with Maxwell’s fierce ambition forging the way toward an empire. However, one betrayal leads to another, and when Jack feels his life falling apart, he stages the ultimate revenge. Returning to the law office and adopting a persona not his own, Jack intends to increase his standing with both clients and his wife. But when Max discovers the extent of Jack’s depravity, and potential danger to Angie, he seeks help from unlikely allies in uncovering Jack’s layers of deceit. Determined to win back his business, as well as his life, Maxwell gathers a small army and goes to war to reclaim everything that he has lost.