The apocalypse stone

"Judge not, lest ye be judged." These words have rarely, if ever, crossed the mind of Aberlene County judge Evan Spencer. From a middle-class background, he graduated law school, married into wealth, and now has his eye on a Supreme Court seat. All seems to be going well for Judge Spencer until he receives a package from an old college friend he hasn't heard from in years containing a cryptic note and a small stone. But in trying to track down his old friend, Spencer learns of the man's suicidal...