Summary of Gray Mountain by John Grisham | Includes Analysis Preview: Gray Mountain is a legal thriller by John Grisham that is set during the recession of The book begins when associate lawyer, Samantha Kofer, is furloughed, or laid off, due to the recession, from a New York City law firm. Samantha is hired by Mattie Wyatt, a lawyer and the executive director of the Mountain Legal Aid Clinic in Brady, Virginia, as a volunteer at the clinic. Samantha meets Mattie’s nephew, Donovan Gray, a trial lawyer in Brady. Donovan has built a reputation suing the local coal companies, something that has earned him a lot of enemies because of the power the coal companies wield in the area. However, the coal companies have created a dangerous environment in the area by using a process known as mountaintop removal, a type of strip mining that damages the environment and allows toxic slurry to spill into the ground water… PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of Gray Mountain: • Summary of entire book • Introduction to the important people in the book • Analysis of the themes, important people and author style About the Author With Instaread, you can get the summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, summarize and analyze it for your convenience.