Percy Pratt's new case is an odd one. His client is arrested for altering the interior of a car for the purpose of committing a crime and kidnapping a child. To make matters difficult his client refuses to talk. His case is also considered a high profile one, so high that his case is to be heard at Number One Court at The Old Bailey. Percy a former American citizen has become a British citizen after the Thirty Day War between the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Nations, which the Americans lost. He is a barrister for the New Sydney's branch of Charlesworth Barristorial Chambers in what is now called the Province of New Sydney, a province of the United Provinces of Greater Britain formerly known as the State of New York. Unbeknownst to Percy he and his wife Claire are being followed by a group who do not want him defend his client as they believe the man is guilty, and they do not want to see him released on some technicality by remaining silent. When Claire Pratt is attacked, she is saved by a cat, which is known by the cryptonym of "Felesoid." One night Percy is visited by some young people with news about his client, but is their news good or bad?