The Associate

A rock, a hard place and the biggest legal battle the planet has ever seen. yle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation- he s good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly, his entire life. ne night that secret catches up with him in the form of some bad men in a dark alley -- they have a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him. The men make it clear to Kyle that he no longer owns his own future -- that he must do as they tell him, or the video will be made public knowledge, with all the unpleasant consequences. hat price do they demand for Kyle s secret? Strangely, it is for Kyle to do exactly what any ambitious young lawyer would want to do- take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm in the world, a job that is incredibly well paid and, with mammoth hours and outrageous billing, could lead to partnership and a fortune. ut Kyle won t be working for the company, but against it - passing on the secrets of the company s biggest trial to date, a dispute between two defense contractors wo