Uses the author"s personal experience in covering Reno for over 12 years as a correspondent for The Miami Herald plus in-depth interviews with close friends and family to explore her early years at Harvard Law School as well as her tenure as a prosecutor in Miami. Reno"s battles with the White House and Capitol Hill as well as her ultimate impact on the Washington establishment are discussed. The Waco crisis and issues such as abortion, gun control and terrorism are also included.