On a cold day in January, President-elect Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of officeand within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannons choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret. While the Senate spars over Caroline Masterss nomination, an inflammatory abortion rights case is making its way toward the judgeand will explode into the headlines. Suddenly, the most divisive issue in America turns the Presidents nomination into all-out war. And from Judge Masters to a conservative, war-hero senator facing a crisis of conscience and a fifteen-year-old girl battling for her future, no one will be safe.