A new Liberal government under the leadership of Bobby Laurier has just been elected, signalling the end of a decade of Tory rule, and an ambitious but naive young journalist is about to receive a political education. Fresh from the West, Chris O'Reilly quickly finds himself initiated into the ways of Ottawa. Drawn into a political labyrinth, backroom intrigue and ministerial backstabbing, he stumbles across the scoop of the decade. But can he reveal it and survive? Is he being set up? Is there anyone he can trust? Will he succumb to the temptations all around him?