IT`S A DEADLY GAME OF BLACKMAIL. AND THEY`RE MAKING HIM PLAY. KYLE MCAVOY IS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING LEGAL STUDENTS OF HIS GENERATION: HE`S GOOD LOOKING, HAS A BRILLIANT MIND AND A GLITTERING FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM. BUT HE HAS A SECRET FROM HIS PAST, A SECRET THAT THREATENS TO DESTROY HIS FLEDGLING CAREER AND, POSSIBLY, HIS ENTIRE LIFE. ONE NIGHT THAT SECRET CATCHES UP WITH HIM IN THE FORM OF SOME BAD MEN IN A DARK ALLEY X THEY HAVE A DEEPLY COMPROMISING VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT THAT HAUNTS HIM. THE MEN MAKE IT CLEAR TO KYLE THAT HE NO LONGER OWNS HIS OWN FUTURE X THAT HE MUST DO AS THEY TELL HIM, OR THE VIDEO WILL BE MADE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, WITH ALL THE UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES. WHAT PRICE DO THEY DEMAND FOR KYLE`S SECRET?STRANGELY, IT IS FOR KYLE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT ANY AMBITIOUS YOUNG LAWYER WOULD WANT TO DO: TAKE A JOB IN NEW YORK AS AN ASSOCIATE AT THE LARGEST LAW FIRM IN THE WORLD , A JOB THAT IS INCREDIBLY WELL PAID AND, WITH MAMMOTH HOURS AND OUTRAGEOUS BILLING, COULD LEAD TO PARTNERSHIP AND A FORTUNE. BUT KYLE WON`T BE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY, BUT AGAINST IT X PASSING ON THE SECRETS OF THE COMPANY`S BIGGEST TRIAL TO DATE, A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE VICTOR. NOW KYLE IS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL FORCES MANIPULATING HIM AND THE FBI, WHO WOULD LOVE TO UNMASK THE CONSPIRACY. WILL HIS INTELLECT, CUNNING AND BRAVERY BE ENOUGH TO EXTRICATE HIM FROM AN IMPOSSIBLE DILEMMA? FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS AND REMINISCENT OF THE FIRM, THE ASSOCIATE IS VINTAGE JOHN GRISHAM.
पेनिसिल्वेनिया भागातल्या यार्क या छोट्या गावातल्या वकीलांचा मुलगा काईल मॅकअवॉय. येल कॉलेजमध्ये कायद्याचे शिक्षण घेणारा. ‘येल लॉ जर्नल’ चा मुख्यसंपादक म्हणून शेवटच्या वर्षी मान पटकावणारा. कॉलेजच्या चार वर्षांमधले त्याचे आणि त्याच्या मित्रांचे एक काळे गुपित अशा लोकांच्या हाती लागते आणि ते काईलला जाळ्यात अडकवतात. काईलला परतीचा मार्गच ठेवलेला नसतो. वरवर चांगला वाटणारा, लॉच्या अनेक विद्याथ्र्यांना हवाहवासा वाटणारा पण काईलला नको असणारा जॉब त्याला घ्यावाच लागतो. एका मोठ्या फर्मचा असोसिएट बनण्याचे आमिष त्याला दाखविले जाते. स्कली अ‍ॅण्ड पर्शिंग या मोठ्या लॉ फर्ममध्ये तो जॉब स्वीकारतो. अमेरिकेसाठी एअरक्राफ्ट बनविणा-या कंपनीकरता ही फर्म काम करीत असते. आपल्या अस्तित्वासाठी काईलला परिस्थितीशी जबरदस्त झगडावे लागते. मोठ्या निग्रहाने त्याला येणा-या प्रसंगांचा सामना करावा लागतो. त्यात तो यशस्वी होतो का? हे वाचायलाच हवे.