Rudy Baylor is a newly-qualified lawyer with no money and a lot of debts. One case could save him from bankruptcy. A giant insurance company has refused to pay a claim which could have saved a young man's life. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars but there is one problem. Rudy has never argued a case in court before and he is up against the best lawyers money can buy ! John Grisham has been called "the best thriller writer alive". The Rainmaker has been made into a tense film starring Danny de Vito and Matt Damon.