Ultimate power. Seductive...addictive...and dangerous. Kurt Peterson, young and ambitious as a new House of Representatives staffer on Capitol Hill, is invited into the inner sanctum of a ruthless political mentor. As a trusted deputy, and with the help of a beautiful and ambitious corporate lobbyist, Kurt's rapid journey to the top seems limitless--that is until the true goal behind the legislative chess games becomes shockingly clear. Kurt must confront the real price of power--and with the fate of the President hanging in the balance, with the FBI closing in, every lesson he learned must be used in the ultimate test of student-against-master...