A true story of Sean Thomas who after leavintg home at seventeen to join the army, returns to begin college and seek his goal of becoming a C.P.A. Financial struggles almost derail his plans, but through hard work and determination he finally becomes a partner in a very successful C.P.A. firm. Then the managing partner of the firm, an attorney and C.P.A. decides to help a friend and client of the firm with his tax problems and in so doing commits tax fraud and the distruction of the firm begins. The events that follow include a very public trial and conviction, an appeal of the conviction, sex in the boss's office, suicide by plane crash and a long legal battle lasting eighteen years. Prosecutors unfairly charge those who had nothing to do with the crime to get their co-operation and ultimately give up on their case. They then fight those who they unfairlyi charged. In the end there would be injustice for all.