Metro City's Assistant D. A., Garrett Pleasant, plans to leave his office to become a full-time novelist. But if his newest defendant Jason Unger has his way, Garrett won't live to finish his first book. Jason vows to make Garrett pay for pressing for the maximum sentence, for his attempt at murdering his wife and child. He tried burning his family to death, because his wife didn't cook the potatoes the way he liked. Will Garrett become a #1 bestseller or will Jason succeed in carrying out his threat of revenge?