Grayson has just started law school at the University of Chicago, where membership in the legal journal, the Law Review, is the gateway to prestigious employment. While vying for membership on the journal, Grayson becomes romantically involved with one of its leading editors, Aris, and he soon finds himself in the middle of the editors' fight for control of the Review. When one of the editors is found lying in a pool of blood, Grayson realizes he knows too much. Torn between conflicting loyalties, he finds his promising future, and even his life, in jeopardy.