The Tenth Justice

A conscientious Supreme Court clerk. The young Washington professionals who share a house. A minor slip-up. A major thriller. Fresh from Yale Law, Ben Addison is a new clerk for one ofthe Supreme Court’s most respected justices. Along with his co-clerk, Lisa, Benrepresents the best of the fledging legal community: sharp, perfectionistic, andpainstakingly conscientious, but just as green. So when he inadvertentlyreveals the confidential outcome of an upcoming Court decision, and one of theparties to the case makes millions, Ben starts to sweat. Big time. Ben confides in Lisa and turns to his D.C. housemates forhelp. They offer up their coveted insiders’ access—Nathan works at the StateDepartment, Eric reports for a Washington daily, and Ober is an assistant to aleading senator—to help out-snake the blackmailer who holds Ben’s once-goldenfuture hostage. But it’s not long before these inseparable pals discover howdangerous their misuse of power can be, even when accompanied by the very bestof intentions. And when a suspicious leak develops from within their owncircle, Ben and his friends find themselves pitted against each other in abattle of shifting alliances and fierce deceptions that strikes to theweaknesses in their friendships, threatens to ruin their careers, and mayultimately cost them their lives. Where does loyalty end? Where does greed begin? And how much can you really trust your friends?