Mike Ford was following in his deadbeat father's footsteps when he turned himself around and worked his way into Harvard Law School. Now the ex-conman has landed a plum job, working for the Davies Group, Washington's most high-powered and well-respected strategic consulting firm. Their specialty: pulling strings and peddling influence for the five hundred most powerful people inside the Beltway, the men and women who really run Washington--and by extension the country, and the world. Henry Davies, Mike's boss, knows everyone that matters--and he knows their secrets. Now he's looking for a protege to tackle his most high-stakes deal yet, and Mike fits the bill. Quickly pulled into a seductive, dangerous web of power and corruption, Mike struggles to find his way out. But how do you save your soul when you've made a deal with the devil?